How to print text file from hash table one line at a time

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I'm having difficulty trying to figure out how to print a text file from a hash table one line at a time. I have the text file read into the hash table and can print the text file all at once, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it one line at a time.

Here is what I'm trying to do: I want the user to be able to print the text file one line at a time by clicking a button to see the next line.

Example: If text_file1 first line is line1 and the second line is line2, I want line1 to print when the user clicks the submit button then when they click it again line2 will be printed. Any help would be appreciated. If you need more information or an explanation please ask.

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 #! /usr/local/bin/perl
 
BEGIN

{

        open(STDERR, ">&STDOUT");

        select(STDERR); $| = 1;

        select(STDOUT); $| = 1;

        print qq{Content-type: text/html\n\n 

        <title>Assignment #6 (CS Credit)</title>

        <body text="white" bgcolor="blue">

        <font face="arial" size="4">

        <div align="center">};

}               
 
my $url = '/~westj2/cgi-bin/assignment6_CS_credit5.cgi';
 
$buffer = $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'};
 
if($buffer eq "")

{

        &input;

        exit;

}       
 
@pairs = split(/&/, $buffer);

foreach $pair(@pairs)

{

        ($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair);
 
        $value =~ tr/+/ /;

        $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;

        $name =~ tr/+/ /;

        $name =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;
 
        if($FORM{$name} eq "")
 
        if($FORM{$name} eq "")

        {

                $FORM{$name} = $value;

        }

        else

        {

                $FORM{$name} .= " " . $value;

        }

}
 
my $linenum = 1;
 
&hash;
 
my $counter;
 
if($FORM{'direction'} eq 'forward')

{

        $counter = 1;

}

else

{       

        $counter = $linenum - 1;

}
 
&input;

&output;
 
sub input

{

        print "<form method='get' action='$url'>";
 
        print "<b><font face='arial' color='white' size='3'><table

        align='center'><tr><td><b>Select a file to scan: </td><td><select name='filename'>";
 
        if($FORM{'filename'} eq 'Seinfeld')

        {

                my $filename = $FORM{'Seinfeld'};

                print "<option value='Seinfeld' SELECTED>Seinfeld</option>";

                print "<option value='Running_PRs'>Running PRs</option>";

        }   

        else

        {

                $filename = $FORM{'Running_PRs'};

                print "<option value='Seinfeld'>Seinfeld</option>";

                print "<option value='Running_PRs' SELECTED>Running PRs</option>";

        }
 
        print "</select></td></tr><br><tr><td><b><font face='arial' color='white' size='3'>";
 
        if($FORM{'direction'} eq 'forward')

        {

                my $direction = $FORM{'forward'};

                print "<tr><td><b><font face='arial' color='white' size='3'><label for='forward'>Forward</label></td><td><input

type='radio' name='direction' value='forward' CHECKED></td></tr><br>";

                print "<tr><td><b><font face='arial' color='white' size='3'><label for='reverse'>Reverse</label></td><td><input

type='radio' name='direction' value='reverse'></td></tr><br>";

        }

        else

        { 
 
        else

        {

                $direction = $FORM{'reverse'};

                print "<tr><td><b><font face='arial' color='white' size='3'><label for='forward'>Forward</label></td><td><input 

type='radio' name='direction' value='forward'></td></tr><br>";

                print "<tr><td><b><font face='arial' color='white' size='3'><label for='reverse'>Reverse</label></td><td><input 

type='radio' name='direction' value='reverse' CHECKED></td></tr><br>";

        }
 
        print "</table><p align='center'><input type='submit'

name='submit' value='Submit'><input type='reset'

value='Reset'></form>";

}
 
sub hash

{

        open(file, "<$FORM{'filename'}") || die "Cannot open file: $!\n";
 
        my $line;

#       my $linenum = 1;
 
        while($line = <file>)

        {

                $hash{$linenum} = $line;

                $linenum++;

        }

}       
 
sub output

{

        print "$hash{$counter}";
 
        if($FORM{'direction'} eq 'forward')

        { 

#               $line = $linenum - 1;
 
                $counter++;

        }

        else

        {

                $counter--;

        }

}

Jul 20 '09 #1

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KevinADC

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And you want to do this in a CGI script? First thing is to correct all syntax errors. Here is one:

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         if($FORM{$name} eq "")
 
        if($FORM{$name} eq "")

You find the rest, if any.

Jul 20 '09 #2

JWest46088

New Member

Sorry, I must have copied that line twice when I was copying and pasting it. Line 35 isn't supposed to be there. I think that's the only "error" that was in there. I wasn't getting any error messages.

Jul 20 '09 #3

numberwhun

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@JWest46088
While that line may not have been there, Kevin is referring to syntax, which is important. Unless you tell it, Perl won't always complain about everything. So, right after the first line in your code put:

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use strict;

use warnings;

Then, re-run your script and see what it tells you.

You need to be careful when you just copy code from somewhere else. Be sure you know what it does. Also, too many people don't follow standard, good coding practices.

Regards,

Jeff

Jul 20 '09 #4

JWest46088

New Member

@numberwhun
This is my code. I meant when I was copying it from my editor to here, but it probably isn't good, standard coding practices. ;P

Any suggestions for my predicament?

Jul 20 '09 #5

RonB

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Recognized Expert Moderator Contributor

Why would you want to do this in a CGI environment?

You should be using the CGI module to process the form submission instead of doing it manually.

Loading the entire file into a hash when you only want a single line is probably the worst/slowest approach.

I haven't check your code to see if you're already doing this, but you need to update the form with the current line number and pass that back as a hidden field.

You really should be using css instead of those depreciated html tags (such as the font tag).

Jul 21 '09 #6

JWest46088

New Member

@RonB
I know it may not be the best and most efficient code, but that is how I was taught to do it.

In one of my programs trying to accomplish this, I don't know if it's the one I posted, but I do have the line number as a hidden field inside the input sub. The line number isn't incrementing like I want it to though.

Jul 21 '09 #7

RonB

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Recognized Expert Moderator Contributor

There's nothing in your posted code that indicates that you're tracking the currently displayed line number.

Start by making the changes that have already been suggested, then post that new code and tell us where you need more help.

Jul 21 '09 #8

JWest46088

New Member

@RonB
Here is the actually program:

http://web.cs.sunyit.edu/~westj2/cgi...CS_credit5.cgi

Here is the new code:

http://web.cs.sunyit.edu/~westj2/cgi...S_credit5_code

Please excuse all of the comments. I've been trying everything to figure this out. The hidden fields are on the bottom of the input sub. The thing that I need help with is displaying the file one line at a time when the user clicks the submit button. It only prints out the first line of the file and doesn't go any further. The counter must not be incrementing or something, but I can't figure out why.

Same code:

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 #! /usr/local/bin/perl
 
BEGIN

{

        open(STDERR, ">&STDOUT");

        select(STDERR); $| = 1;

        select(STDOUT); $| = 1;

        print qq{Content-type: text/html\n\n

        <title>Assignment #6 (CS Credit)</title>

        <body text="white" bgcolor="blue">

        <font face="arial" size="4">

        <div align="center">};

}
 
my $url = '/~westj2/cgi-bin/assignment6_CS_credit5.cgi';
 
$buffer = $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'};
 
if($buffer eq "")

{

    &input;

    exit;

}
 
@pairs = split(/&/, $buffer);

foreach $pair(@pairs)

{

        ($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair);
 
        $value =~ tr/+/ /;

        $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;

        $name =~ tr/+/ /;

        $name =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;
 
        if($FORM{$name} eq "")

        {

                $FORM{$name} = $value;

        }

        else

        {

                $FORM{$name} .= " " . $value;

        }

}
 
my $linenum = 1;

my $line;

my $counter;
 
&hash;
 
#my $counter = $FORM{'counter'};
 
if($FORM{'direction'} eq "forward")

{

    $counter = 1;

}

else

{

    $counter = $linenum - 1;;

}
 
#$olddirection = $FORM{'direction'};

#$oldfilename = $FORM{'filename'};
 
print "exit hash $counter";
 
#&output;

&input;

&output;
 
#        if(($counter >= $linenum) || ($counter <= 0))

#        {

#        $counter++;

#                &output;

#        exit;

        }
 
#&next;
 
#sub next

#{
 
#if($FORM{'next'} eq 'check')

#{

#    &output;

#}

#}

#&output;

#&output;

#&output;

#}
 
sub input

{

    print "<form method='get' action='$url'>";
 
    print "<b><font face='arial' color='white' size='3'><table

    align='center'><tr><td><b>Select a file to scan: </td><td><select name='filename'>";
 
        if($FORM{'filename'} eq 'Seinfeld')

        {

                my $filename = $FORM{'Seinfeld'};

                print "<option value='Seinfeld' SELECTED>Seinfeld</option>";

                print "<option value='Running_PRs'>Running PRs</option>";

        }

        else 

        {

                $filename = $FORM{'Running_PRs'};

                print "<option value='Seinfeld'>Seinfeld</option>";

                print "<option value='Running_PRs' SELECTED>Running PRs</option>";

        }
 
        print "</select></td></tr><br><tr><td><b><font face='arial' color='white' size='3'>";
 
        if($FORM{'direction'} eq 'forward')

        {

                my $direction = $FORM{'forward'};

                print "<tr><td><b><font face='arial' color='white' size='3'><label for='forward'>Forward</label></td><td><input type='radio' name='direction' value='forward' CHECKED></td></tr><br>";

                print "<tr><td><b><font face='arial' color='white' size='3'><label for='reverse'>Reverse</label></td><td><input type='radio' name='direction' value='reverse'></td></tr><br>";

        }

        else

        {

                $direction = $FORM{'reverse'};

                print "<tr><td><b><font face='arial' color='white' size='3'><label for='forward'>Forward</label></td><td><input type='radio' name='direction' value='forward'></td></tr><br>";

                print "<tr><td><b><font face='arial' color='white' size='3'><label for='reverse'>Reverse</label></td><td><input type='radio' name='direction' value='reverse' CHECKED></td></tr><br>";

        }
 
        print "</table><p align='center'><input type='submit' name='submit' value='Submit'><input type='hidden' name='counter' 

value='$counter'><input type='hidden' name='linenum' value='$linenum'></form>";

#<input type='hidden' name='olddirection' value='$olddirection'><input type='hidden' name='oldfilename' 

#value='$oldfilename'><input type='hidden' name='counter' value='$counter'></form>";
 
#        my $line;

#        my $linenum = 1;
 
#        open(file, "<$FORM{'filename'}") || die "Cannot open file: $!\n";

#        while($line = <file>)

#        {

#                $hash{$linenum} = $line; 

#                $linenum++;

#        }
 
#print "<input type='checkbox' name='next' value='check'>";

#print "<input type='checkbox' name='next' value='uncheck'>";
 
    print "test";

    print "<br>linenum: $linenum";

    print "<br>line: $line";

    print "<br>counter: $counter";

}
 
sub hash

{

        open(file, "<$FORM{'filename'}") || die "Cannot open file: $!\n";
 
#    my $line;

#    my $linenum = 1;

    print "hash linenum: $linenum";
 
        while($line = <file>)

        {  

                $hash{$linenum} = $line;

                $linenum++;

        }

    print "hash linenum: $linenum";
 
    for($linenum = 1; $linenum < 7; $linenum++)

    {

        print "hash: $hash{$linenum}";

    }

}
 
sub output       

{

#    print "<form method='get' action='$url'>";

    print "entering output";
 
    print "line: $line<br>";

    print "linenum: $linenum<br>";

    print "counter: $counter<br>";
 
#    $line = $linenum - 1;
 
    print "$hash{$counter}";
 
        if($FORM{'direction'} eq 'forward')

        {                

#            $line = $linenum - 1;
 
                $counter++;

        print "coutner: $counter";

        }                

        else                    

        {                

                $counter--;

        }
 
#    if(($counter >= $linenum) || ($counter <= 0))

#    {

#        &input;

#    }

}

Jul 21 '09 #9

KevinADC

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Recognized Expert Specialist

When I try your new code this is the output:

Content-type: text/html

<title>Assignme nt #6 (CS Credit)</title>
<body text="white" bgcolor="blue">
<font face="arial" size="4">
<div align="center"> Unquoted string "file" may clash with future reserved word at C:\PROGRA~2\PER LBU~1\debug\spb dtest.cgi line 158.
Unmatched right curly bracket at C:\PROGRA~2\PER LBU~1\debug\spb dtest.cgi line 79, at end of line
syntax error at C:\PROGRA~2\PER LBU~1\debug\spb dtest.cgi line 79, near "}"
syntax error at C:\PROGRA~2\PER LBU~1\debug\spb dtest.cgi line 154, near "}"
syntax error at C:\PROGRA~2\PER LBU~1\debug\spb dtest.cgi line 175, near "}"
syntax error at C:\PROGRA~2\PER LBU~1\debug\spb dtest.cgi line 207, near "}"
Execution of C:\PROGRA~2\PER LBU~1\debug\spb dtest.cgi aborted due to compilation errors.

So I really have no idea how you are even running that code since it still appears to have a few syntax errors.

Jul 21 '09 #10

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