Hi all,
I need to keep address lines in a file at a maximum of 30 characters. I have a file with these columns:
Address_Line_1 (this is never blank)
Address_Line_2 (this could be blank)
Address_Line_3 (this could be blank)
Address_Line_4 (this is never blank)
City (this is never blank)
State (this is never blank)
Zip (this is never blank)
I am looking to use perl to check if Address_Line_2 is greater than 30 characters.
If it is, I need to divide Address_Line_2 between Address_Line_2 and Address_Line_3, but only if Address_Line_3 is blank.
If I need to divide Address_Line_2, I would like to divide it at a point in where there is a space.
I'm reading the file in like this:
while (<INFILE>) {
@fields = split /\t/, $_;
$a1 = $fields[0];
$a2 = $fields[1];
$a3 = $fields[2];
$a4 = $fields[3];
$city = $fields[4];
$st = $fields[5];
$zip = $fields[6];
print OUTFILE pack ("A30", $a1);
print OUTFILE $TAB;
print OUTFILE pack ("A30", $a2);
print OUTFILE $TAB;
print OUTFILE pack ("A30", $a3);
print OUTFILE $TAB;
print OUTFILE pack ("A30", $a4);
print OUTFILE $TAB;
print OUTFILE pack ("A16", $city);
print OUTFILE $TAB;
print OUTFILE pack ("A2", $st);
print OUTFILE $TAB;
print OUTFILE pack ("A10", $zip);
print OUTFILE "\r\n";
}
Many Thanks!
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