in reply to How to parse a tab delimited file

In this case, you might want to switch to Text::xSV, which will handle it. This module also happens to have been written by one of our members.

Update: Text::CSV_XS will also do what you need.

TStanley
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Re^2: How to parse a tab delimited file
by existem (Sexton) on Nov 25, 2004 at 18:13 UTC

    Thanks for the help

    Sorry for being a completely stupid monk, but how do I use this?

    How can I call the new constructor setting the separator to tab (\t)?

    I have this so far but it doesn't work.

    my $csv = Text::xSV->new( filename => $csv_destination, sep => '\t', ); $csv->open_file("foo.csv"); $csv->read_header(); foreach my $field ($csv->get_fields) { if (lc($field) ne $field) { $csv->alias($field, lc($field)); } }

    Complains about using The separator '\t' is not of length 1.

    Thanks,
    Tom

      sep => '\t',

      The separator '\t' is not of length 1.

      You get rid of that error if you specify it in double quotes:

      sep => "\t",

      Cheers, Sören