couldn't seem to edit my last comment....

here is what I have so far (first version to make it past -w): 

use strict;
use LWP::Simple;
use Date::Business;

my $content = get("http://quotes.barchart.com/quote.asp?sym=qsft&code=
+BGND");

open( FILE, ">stocks.txt" ) or die;
print FILE $content;
close FILE;

my $today = new Date::Business();
my $date = $today->image();
my ($century, $year, $month, $day) = unpack "A2 A2 A2 A2", $date;
my $search_date = sprintf "%s/%s/%s", $month, $day, $year;
###testing on a weekend :)
$search_date = "09/15/00";

open( STOCK, "stocks.txt" ) or die;

my (@lines, $matcher);
while ( <STOCK> ) {
        if ( m/$search_date/ ) {
                push @lines;
                if ( $matcher eq "" ) { $matcher = "1"; }
                else { $matcher++; }
        }
        if ( $matcher eq "6" ) { last; }
}
close STOCK;
print "@lines\n\n";

[download]

-- I'm a solipsist, and so is everyone else. (think about it)

In reply to RE: grabbing N lines after matching one? by jptxs
in thread grabbing N lines after matching one? by jptxs

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.