I have been trying to scan a file and perform an 'if' using a multi-line m option, but unfortunately i am unable to get the result I want.

Here is the code I have written 


#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
# analyse_map.perl
# Open map files (map_merc and rom.dld)
open(MAP, ")
{
  if( ($titi, $toto) = /^\.(\w+).*$\t+\.\w+\W+(\w+).*$/m)
  {
        print($titi, $toto, "\n");
  }

}
close(MAP);

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What I want to do is find a line that starts with a '.' and put the alphanumeric in the scalar $titi, than scan the next line to match the alphanumeric and put it in scalar $toto. But it is generating an error and cannot use it. This is just a rial code I wrote for the actual program, but as this part isn't functioning right I cannot add it to the other code. Thanking you for your help.

S. Navalkar 

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In reply to Re: REPOST problem with multi-line by cwest
in thread problem with multi-line by Anonymous Monk

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