Here is the problem:

I have a data-file like so:

1..., some words, Dec 13, 2001
2..., some words, Jan 02, 2002

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What i want to do is to be able to is go through each line and be able to search the first field. which is my identifier and if condition matches, append "somethng" to the end of that same line not new line.

Example: search for question 1.

1..., some words, Dec 13, 2001
2..., some words, Jan 02, 2002

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if true?
append ,P to end of that line.

-------------------- Thanks!!!!!!

In reply to Regex that will append to end of same line by data67

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