Welcome to the monastary,
4perl. It looks like you have the rough idea in place -- what about the above code doesn't work? Please see
How do I post a question effectively?. In particular, please post a chunk of your literal input, wrapped in
<code> tags, as well as your expected output. Also, what is in
$lines? Did you slurp in the entire file (
$/), which is what I'd expect from your code, or are you parsing line-by-line? A little more context would be helpful.
#11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.
