I haven't looked at your code in depth, but I just wanted to plant an idea in your head. One of the things that used to bug me about Text::Autoformat is that it doesn't handle tabular data too well (I don't know if this is still the case). I've created code similar to BrowerUK's in the past but was unhappy about how often it didn't work quite right. With your additions (assuming they work), it seems like you could parameterize the column finding code such that it can work in a variety of situations. Perhaps even enough that it could be patched into Text::Autoformat :-)

duff

In reply to Re: Remove empty column(s) from unpack template by duff
in thread Remove empty column(s) from unpack template by daseme

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