#!/opt/gnu/bin/perl -w # Splitit: split columnized variable lists such as SAS input or # SPSS data list statements (puts each field on a separate line) # Assumes all variable names begin with a letter! Adjust the # the pattern match in the split statement if desired. # Kent Nassen, 4/22/97 & 8/15/97 # Sample input: # V1 1-4 V2 5-8 V3 9-9 # V4 10-13 (A) V5 14-14 V6 15-16 # V7 17-17 V8 18-19 V9 20-21 # Sample output: # V1 1-4 # V2 5-8 # V3 9-9 # V4 10-13 (A) # V5 14-14 # V6 15-16 # V7 17-17 # V8 18-19 # V9 20-21 $i=0; while (<>) { chop; for ($_) { s/^\s+//; s/$/ /; s/\n//g; } @fields = split /([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_]* )/, $_; for ($i=1; $i<=$#fields; $i=$i+2) { print " ",${fields}[$i],${fields}[$i+1],"\n"; } }