Re: Reformatting text file

From: Tad McClellan (tadmc_at_augustmail.com)
Date: 02/16/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 07:50:17 -0600

Eric <nospam@xx.com> wrote:
> ARRRRGGGGGHHH...
>
> $line =~ m/([\w\d\/]+)\,([\w\s]+)/;
> $callsign = $1;
> $location = $2;
> $line = "$callsign \=Q$location\n";
>
> I've been trying everything I can think of but sure need assistance.

Assistance with what?

What is it supposed to do?

What is it doing instead?

Many readers won't take the time to figure all that out, they'll just
move on to the next article where the author has made it easier for
them to answer the question. 

-- 
    Tad McClellan                          SGML consulting
    tadmc@augustmail.com                   Perl programming
    Fort Worth, Texas

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