Re^2: Extracting fields

Thanks for your suggestion.

I have included 3 records below. Please see my response to Dave's feedback for a more complete description of the problem.

Appreciate your help.


          '1056070' => '01.05.200000.00.00005  I2    SN       Y2001.11
+.200400113.1500084.9000096.205001.05.2000Computed tomography - scan o
+f facial bones,5001.05.2000paranasal sinuses or both, with scan of br
+ain,5001.05.2000without intravenous contrast medium (R) (NK)5001.05.2
+000(Anaes.)',
          '1032042' => '01.12.199100.00.00003  T8 2  SN       Y2001.11
+.200401097.2000822.904001.11.1995(Anaes.)5001.12.1991Rectum and anus,
+ abdominoperineal resection of,5001.12.1991combined synchronous opera
+tion, abdominal5001.12.1991resection5001.12.1991(Assist.)',
          '1021432' => '01.11.200100.00.00003  T1011 SN       Y2001.11
+.200400084.2500063.2000071.655001.11.2001Initiation of management of 
+anaesthesia for5001.11.2001repair of arteriovenous fistula of knee or
+5001.11.2001popliteal area5001.11.2001(005)',
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Re^3: Extracting fields by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 22, 2004 at 06:47 UTC
I agree with bobf, stripping the record sperarators and then trying to put them back is the wrong way to approach the problem. Much better would be setting `$/="\n10";` to slurp the combined records in one block at a time retaining the newlines. These then give you a very easy way to further break up the combined records. Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail "Memory, processor, disk in that order on the hardware side. Algorithm, algorithm, algorithm on the code side." - tachyon	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: Extracting fields
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 22, 2004 at 06:47 UTC

I agree with bobf, stripping the record sperarators and then trying to put them back is the wrong way to approach the problem.

Much better would be setting $/="\n10"; to slurp the combined records in one block at a time retaining the newlines. These then give you a very easy way to further break up the combined records.

Examine what is said, not who speaks.

"Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham
"Think for yourself!" - Abigail
"Memory, processor, disk in that order on the hardware side. Algorithm, algorithm, algorithm on the code side." - tachyon

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