What database are you using? Be careful! Some databases, like MySQL, limit the TEXT size (in the case of mysql if you try to send text to the database larger then the packet size compiled in you will have your TEXT truncated).

Whatever you decide to deliniate paragraphs with, (some suggestions: m/\n\n/, m/\n\t/, m/\r\n/, whatever else you decide, use a regular expression and the split command, i.e. my @paragraphs = split /\n\n/, $the_text. Then you can use my $number = scalar (@paragraphs) (scalar not necessary because it's in scalar context but used for clarity). Remember to use the %, modulus operator, to get the remainder when dividing so you don't get a weird decimal!

In reply to Re: Parsing and adding to a "variable". by Vautrin
in thread Parsing and adding to a "variable". by powerhouse

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