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i'm so glad i found this forum! i have to have some coursework done by the end of the week and i really need it explaining to me. i'm not really that big on stuff like this but it's a part of my web design course. i've found everything else pretty easy and enjoyable until i got baffled by perl.
anyway here's the task
"Create a Perl scirpt which converts HTML tags into uppercase for a given file. When run, the scirpt should prompt the user to enter the name of the HTML file. This name should be verified to ensure the file extension is either .html or .htm (upper or lowercase is acceptable) and if not an error message should be displayed and the user prompted to re-enter the name.
On input of a validated file name, the file should be processed (if it exists) and all lowercase tages, e.g. <html>, converted into uppercase, e.g. <HTML>. You should not convert and other text and should also avoid converting tag attribute values, e.g.
<img src="picture.jpeg">
should be converted to:
<IMG SRC="picture.jpeg">
rather than:
<IMG SRC"PICTURE.JPEG">
At the end of the processing, the original file should be renamed with the .old extension, instead of .htm/.html, and the processed file given the original file name."
if anyone could help me with any part of this i'd be very grateful. i don't want to outright cheat, i would actually like to understand what i'm doing.
where should i start? are my teachers asking too much of a beginner like me? i think they are!
