My reading of your sample data would suggest you have the format:

(Unique integer).
(Question)"/n"
A)(Answer A)"/n"
B)(Answer B)"/n"
C)(Answer C)"/n"
D)(Answer D)"/n"

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A similar question was asked yesterday. Likely the easiest solution is to assume a line that starts with a letter and a close parenthesis is the start of the next answer. You might find regular expressions useful to write that test. I suspect there will be more of a challenge differentiating the end of D) from the id number of the next question. If you haven't thought about it yet, a hash of hashes is probably the best solution for storing your read data.

Good luck, and please post code if you run into development headaches.

In reply to Re: Multiple choice from text file to SQL by kennethk
in thread Multiple Line Data from text file to SQL by pie2re

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