in reply to Re^3: Range File Open
in thread Range File Open

How to get the range, lets say, in this directory I have 30 files, from day 1 to day 30, form this dropdown menu I select from day 5 to day 25, and then do the processing, open all the files between day 5 and day 25, how can I do that on this code?

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Re^5: Range File Open
by amarquis (Curate) on Mar 04, 2008 at 17:02 UTC

    Well, you'd fill in the...

    #decide whether or not this is a file the user wants ...

    ... section with code that checked the files in the directory against what the user has selected. For example, you might look at the date part of the filename, and see if it is in the range that you get from the variables you already pull out of the user query ($get_file_from and $get_file_to)

    In pseudocode:

    foreach file in the directory { get the date from the filename check if it is in the $get_file_from to $get_file_to range if so, add it to @files } later foreach @files { open and process }