Hi,

I've got a csv file, output from a database, which I need to change to an xml file thus:

colContents;nextColContents; ... ;lastColContents
colContents2;nextColContents2; ... ;lastColContents2
...

needs to become:
<row><col1>colContents</col1><col2>nextColContents</col2>...<colN>lastColContents</colN></row>
<row><col1>colContents2</col1><col2>nextColContents2</col2>...<colN>lastColContents2</colN></row>
...

I'm using a regex (er, well, several!) to do this thus:
(pseudo, for each line)
s/;/<row><col1>/
s/;/</col1><col2>/
...
s/;/</colN-1><colN>/
etc

Is the syntax available to more elegantly process the regex like:
(pseudo!)
s / allOccurencesOf';' / (list of replacements) <row><col1>,
</col1><col2>, ..., </colN-1><colN>

?

Thanks for help,

rl

In reply to newbie regex question: substituting repeating occurences for different replacements by RuyLopez

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