Re: Parse a block of text

Exclude the line you don't want.

        if (/^Info I want/../^Start of Info/) {
                unless ( /^Start of Info/ ) {
                        print;
                }
        }
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Yes, there's a nifty-keen way to do it with regexes, but this is simpler, less error-prone, and easier for your maintainers to understand.

My criteria for good software:

Does it work?
Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?

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Re^2: Parse a block of text by annie06 (Acolyte) on Jul 07, 2008 at 19:31 UTC
that works, thanks so much! Just curious, how would you do it with regexes?	[reply]
Re^3: Parse a block of text by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jul 08, 2008 at 00:42 UTC
Your problem is that you're reading a line at a time. This means you don't have the information you need until it's too late. You'd have to switch to reading two lines at a time and that's just silly. But, you'd use a positive lookahead, in-string line anchors, and the sm modifiers. My criteria for good software: Does it work? Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?	[reply]