I'm playing with some perl I/O for the time. 
I got this db file with some information on each line. Let me show you an example:
2|Link's 2 name|http://www.link2.com |Description 2
3|Link's 3 name|http://www.link3.com |Description 3
Now I want to grab one of the lines by searching for the number and display them. But if I want to change them and save them back into the same place I had them, how could I do that.
The only way I would know to do such thing is to remove the the line, edit it, and then save it to the bottom of the file. So I could grab link 1, change it, and add it below link 3. But the thing here is that I have this adding script. I can add more links to the file. But for each new add it gets a number greater than the last one. So if I have 3 links, it grabs the latest number(in this case 3) and adds 1(that would make 4 if my math is right).
This process would become totally ruined if I add link number 1 to the bottom. See my point of view?
While writing this I came up with a method, actually..but I don't think it will work.
Lets say I loaded the whole file into an array. With each line separated. Could I do something like running the whole array through a foreach loop and do something like this:
$line =~ s/Description 1/New Description 1/
?
I think that would work, but(horrible word!) I would again have a problem.
In my file I include a rating tag, and number of clicks(added when inserted). What if I had to links with the same number of clicks! Or In worst case, rating!
Anyone who want to help me with this? Somebody got a solution for my little problem?
I appreciate all help. Thank you.
- perlman
I got this db file with some information on each line. Let me show you an example:
Code:
1|Link's 1 name|http://www.link1.com |Description 1 2|Link's 2 name|http://www.link2.com |Description 2
3|Link's 3 name|http://www.link3.com |Description 3
Now I want to grab one of the lines by searching for the number and display them. But if I want to change them and save them back into the same place I had them, how could I do that.
The only way I would know to do such thing is to remove the the line, edit it, and then save it to the bottom of the file. So I could grab link 1, change it, and add it below link 3. But the thing here is that I have this adding script. I can add more links to the file. But for each new add it gets a number greater than the last one. So if I have 3 links, it grabs the latest number(in this case 3) and adds 1(that would make 4 if my math is right).
This process would become totally ruined if I add link number 1 to the bottom. See my point of view?
While writing this I came up with a method, actually..but I don't think it will work.
Lets say I loaded the whole file into an array. With each line separated. Could I do something like running the whole array through a foreach loop and do something like this:
$line =~ s/Description 1/New Description 1/
?
I think that would work, but(horrible word!) I would again have a problem.
In my file I include a rating tag, and number of clicks(added when inserted). What if I had to links with the same number of clicks! Or In worst case, rating!
Anyone who want to help me with this? Somebody got a solution for my little problem?
I appreciate all help. Thank you.
- perlman