Re: [MacPerl] parsing postscript

[rjk@linguist.dartmouth.edu (Ronald J. Kimball)]

John Gilmore-Baldwin wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to parse through a postscript file, and having some difficulty.
> 
> I'm using long line enders, like so:
> 
> $/ = "5.4 RY";
> 
> My problem comes in when, in the above example, I change the line to:
> 
> $/ = "5.4 RY\x0D";
> 
> Now, this never matches and reads the rest of the file in. Bummer.  If I
> read in through the 5.4 RY, then reset $/ to "\x0D", I can get to where I
> want.  I have verified that the line ends with RY followed by a carriage
> return.
> 

How have you verified this?

If the whole file is read in, it must be because the string "5.4 RY\x0D"
does not appear.

Ronald

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