(+)-catechin SMI2MOL 21 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0999 V2000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 1 0 0 0 0 19 21 1 0 0 0 0 M END > <$NAM> (+)-catechin > <Formula> C15H14O6 > <MolWeight> 290.26806 > <ChemBankID> 1254 > <CompoundName> (+)-catechin > <Calbiochem Catalog> 219250 > <MicroSource Catalog> 210205 $$$$ (+)-himbacine SMI2MOL 25 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0999 V2000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 25 1 0 0 0 0 14 25 1 0 0 0 0 M END > <$NAM> (+)-himbacine > <Formula> C22H35NO2 > <MolWeight> 345.51884 > <ChemBankID> 1861 > <CompoundName> (+)-himbacine > <Calbiochem Catalog> 377200 $$$$ (+)-methamphetamine SMI2MOL 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0999 V2000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 10 11 1 0 0 0 0 M END > <$NAM> (+)-methamphetamine > <Formula> C10H15N > <MolWeight> 149.23284 > <ChemBankID> 1568 > <CompoundName> (+)-methamphetamine > <MicroSource Catalog> 1900033 $$$$ ****************
The above is a molecular structure file. I need to extract molecular name, molecular weight ,formula, compound name and other data next to all > <something.. > from the file and load it in to MYSQL using CGI. tried RE.but...no luck...Please help. Thankz in advance...

Edited by Chady -- resurrected doctext.


In reply to parsing using metacharacters by myraja

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