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while( &lt;&gt;&nbsp;){<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;($name) = /&lt;b&gt;(\w+)/;<br />
}<br />

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while( <> ){
     ($name) = /<b>(\w+)/;
}


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I have the following in a file;<br />
<br />
&lt;b&gt;name1 (object1)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br />
&lt;b&gt;name2 (object2)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br />
&lt;b&gt;name3 (object3)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; ...... etc<br />
<br />
I am using a foreach control statement to extract each line, but then want to compare the name1, name2, name3 ....etc for out of the file. Each name has a varible length..<br />
<br />
someone please help!!!
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I have the following in a file;

<b>name1 (object1)</b><br>
<b>name2 (object2)</b><br>
<b>name3 (object3)</b><br> ...... etc

I am using a foreach control statement to extract each line, but then want to compare the name1, name2, name3 ....etc for out of the file. Each name has a varible length..

someone please help!!!

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