Re^4: Filtering Output from two files


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Re^4: Filtering Output from two files

by vighneshmufc (Acolyte)

on Feb 06, 2018 at 12:25 UTC ( [id://1208560]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Sorry would indentation next time onwards. Basic what's happening is the big files have whitespace before and after each entry So I have to remove those while I store them to a key .

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Re^5: Filtering Output from two files (updated)
by LanX (Saint) on Feb 06, 2018 at 12:39 UTC

> So I have to remove those while I store them to a key

OK ... what is hindering you? :)

update

you are already using a regex to match empty lines, time to understand what they do

perlre#Metacharacters

  ^   Match the beginning of the string            Not in []
       (or line, if /m is used)
...
  $   Match the end of the string                  Not in [], but can

...

  *   Matches the preceding element 0 or more      Not in []
              times
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