>>>>> "Jose" == Jose Malacara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jose> This is basically what I have now:
Jose> State=Colorado
Jose> City=Denver
Jose> City=Boulder
Jose> City=Longmont
Jose> State=Texas
Jose> City=Austin
Jose> City=Dallas
Jose> City=Houston
Jose> This is what I would like the end result to be:
Jose> State=Colorado
Jose> City=Denver
Jose> Location=DenverColorado
Jose> City=Boulder
Jose> Location=BoulderColorado
Jose> City=Longmont
Jose> Location=LongmontColorado
Jose> State=Texas
Jose> City=Austin
Jose> Location=AustinTexas
Jose> City=Dallas
Jose> Location=DallasTexas
Jose> City=Houston
Jose> Location=HoustonTexas
/me throws out a fish...
my $most_recent_state = "Confusion"; # {grin}
while (<>) {
$most_recent_state = $1 if /State=(.*)/;
print;
print "Location=$1$most_recent_state\n" if /City=(.*)/;
}
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