parsing a table

[better]

I'm trying to parse a table from a RTF file and parse each line from a table into an array. I tried to read it as a normal file into an array.

while (<$fhIn>) {
@arr = split ("row", $_);

I would like to remove all the chart defining paramters, like:.

;cell}\pard\intbl{\fs20\f2\cf0\cb1

After having parsed the table into an array, I tried with substitute: $_=~ s/foo//;/ But the wanted string doesn't grab the cell paramaters. They stay unchanged. All I can do is to delete single words like 'cell', 'cb1' etc.

Any hint how to start?

better

[hdb]

Would it be possible to post a few rows of our table?

Have you looked at the RTF Parser module on CPAN?

[Anonymous Monk]

Any hint how to start?

Use a module like RTF::Tokenizer or read the rtf rfc if one exists

[space_monk]

RTF Specifications changed with each release of Word; the latest appears to be 1.9.1. There are links from the Wikipedia article to the specifications. There are lots of RTF Packages which may assist you; I suggest RTF::Parser and a quick browse of The RTF Cookbook may assist.

[hdb]

Looking at an .rtf file and the spec and the available modules, the situation seems difficult. RTF::tokenizer seems helpful to reduce the complexity a bit. I have created a sample rtf file using MS Word which contains one table only and the following script gets me most contents of the table (and some more). I do not dare say whether this helps in your situation.

use strict;
use warnings;
use RTF::Tokenizer;
my $rtf = RTF::Tokenizer->new( file => "A.rtf" );
my( $t, $a, $p );
my $on = 0;
while( $t ne "eof"  ) {
  ( $t, $a, $p ) = $rtf->get_token();
  print "TYPE|$t|ARGUMENT|$a|PARAMETER|$p|\n" if $on and $t eq "text";
+ 
  $on = 1 if $t eq "control" and $a eq "ltrrow";
  $on = 0 if $a eq "control" and $a eq "row"; 
}