Re: Using regular expressions to insert tags

To assist you in finguring this out, you might try recoding using
s { }{ }/x - and lay out your regex over several lines so as to better =20
see what's going on.  Also, if your data is consistent, (\d+)\s+ would =20
be lots faster.

On 06.20 07:19, Sriram Rajagopalan wrote:
> Hello,
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> I have a text file in a columnar format. There are seven entries in a
> row,
> separated by tabs.
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> eg.
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> 1	23	555	34	Corporation	Index	Sediment
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> This has to be tagged as:
> <no>1</no><code>23</code><set>555</set><id>34</id><status>Corporation</st=
atu
> s><value>Index</value><type>Sediment</type>
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> I have stored the file contents to $_ and I am using the regex
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> $_=3D~s/([^\t]*)\t([^\t]*)\t([^\t]*)\t([^\t]*)\t([^\t]*)\t([^\t]*)\t([^\t=
]*)\t
> /<no>$1<\/no><code>$2<\/code><set>$3<\/set><id>$4<\/id><status>$5<\/statu=
s><
> value>$6<\/value><type>$7<\/type>/g;
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> I am not able to get the text tagged. Can anyone help me out to get my
> desired codes?
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> Thanks,
> Sriram
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