Re: text extraction question

is there any easy way to extract NM, NM, CH, SW in one array and 8 8 512 no in another array based on this template or any similar formats?

Looks like a job of regexen. What have you tried? Also, I'm not 100% sure I understand what your input really looks like. Your $templateformat and $inputexample sniglets don't much to clarify things. Are you apt to see NM, CH, SW tokens in one line of input and numerics in another?

If you'd provide a larger sample set (not much larger) of the input you're trying to parse, it would be easier to help you...

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Re^2: text extraction question by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 05, 2006 at 20:29 UTC
As I understand it, `$templateformat` is a list of `fieldname<fieldtype>` records. It defines the record format to which the data will adhere. As such, one shouldn't hardcode `b`, `w`, etc. The goal is to parse format strings such as `$templateformat` and use the info obtained to extract the values from records such as `$inputexample`. I had to take some guesses at what `NM` (number), `CH` (appears numerical??) and `SW` (switch) matches, but it can easily be changed. My solution.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^2: text extraction question
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 05, 2006 at 20:29 UTC

As I understand it,

$templateformat is a list of fieldname<fieldtype> records. It defines the record format to which the data will adhere. As such, one shouldn't hardcode b, w, etc.

The goal is to parse format strings such as $templateformat and use the info obtained to extract the values from records such as $inputexample.

I had to take some guesses at what NM (number), CH (appears numerical??) and SW (switch) matches, but it can easily be changed.

My solution.

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