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Re: Parsing text data using Perl or Excel VBA ???



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There is a shareware program called Parse-O-Matic that is designed to do
just this type of thing using a fairly simple scripting language. I've had
it for years and don't remember where I got it, but you might try
www.shareware.com or some other shareware site.

David Cicia

At 10:45 PM 1/12/99 +1100, Robert Bianchi wrote:
>I receive my futures statements via email in ascii format. I am trying to
>extract and parse the data out of the ascii files and into a database.  I
>have knowledge in Excel VBA but no experience with the Perl language.
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>Are there any traders out there that have travelled this path before and
>can suggest whether Perl or Excel VBA is the best solution ????
>
>Correspondence can be private as this does NOT relate to Omega-List issues.
>
>Thanking you in advance,
>
>Robert Bianchi
>Email: r.bianchi@xxxxxxxxx
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