Re: parsing a text file

On 8 Apr., 14:16, Ed Morton <mor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> The posted code so far handles sentences that end in ".". What if they
end=
 in
> "!" or "?"? Are there any other punctuation characters that have
meaning? =
The
> posted code also assumes that newlines have meaning wrt when to
start/stop=

> counting "words". Do they really or is a period the true "end of record"
c=
haracter?

I'd take the pragmatic approach, add ? and ! to the character
set if necessary, and wait for new requirements as soon as the
OP gets aware of any. Experience shows that it needs a lot of
forth-and-back postings to get somewhat complete requirements,
but mostly that isn't necessary here and can be fixed on the fly.

BTW, initially I had used [[:punct:]] in the program I posted
but for apparent reasons (< and >) that was not appropriate.

Janis

>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Ed.