open(STDIN, "ICD_MEAS.txt")
or die "Cannot open file";

@row = <STDIN>;
$done = 0;
$count = 0;
while (@row[$done])
{
    chop(@row);
    foreach (@row[$count])
     {
       @column = split(/\,/,@row[$count]);
        $last_name       = @column[0];
        $middle_name     = @column[1];
        $first_name      = @column[2];
        if ($source_type =~ /H/)
          {
        print ("$sat_name;");
            print ("$meas_name;");
            print ("$first_name;");
          }
        if ($source_type =~ /C/)
              {
                open(STDIN1, "ICD_MEAS_child.txt")
                or die "Cannot open file";

                @row = <STDIN1>;
                $done = 0;
                $count = 0;
                while (@row[$done])
                   {
                     chop(@row);
                     foreach (@row[$count])
                         {
                        @column = split(/\,/,@row[$count]);
                            $status          = @column[0];
                            $age             = @column[1];
                            $address         = @column[4];
                            print ("$sat_name;");
                            print ("$meas_name;");
                            print ("$first_name;");
                            print ("$status;");
                            print ("$age;");
                            print ("$address;");
                       }
 
                   }

         }close STDIN1;
         count++;
  }
done++
}close stdin;

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I don't know what I'm doing wrong b/c the first line is the H so it prints the first line stuff, the second line is a C so it prints the new file stuff and the first file, but wont go back to the first file to get the next line of data so I could see if it's a H or C. It doesn't loop back.

2003-05-28 edit ybiC <code> tags

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: Multiple text files by Anonymous Monk
in thread Multiple text files by Anonymous Monk

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