Computer programmers often use parsing programs to convert text into formats that other applications can use. Parsers split items in a text string into separate fields. If, for example, you have a ...

While working on a Microchip PIC project, I created a set of SCPI-style (Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments) commands to control the PIC. These SCPI commands use the first four characters ...

XML has become the standard technology in information exchange, but many applications still use more primitive ways to import and export data. One such technique is based on text files containing ...

I have a text file that I need to parse.<BR>It is a report/log file that is generated nightly from a mainframe flow. It ranges from 10MB to 20MB daily. This means that the format of the file is the ...

Can this be done?<BR>I'm using PHP (and I'm 100% newb) .. I basically need to know where to start. This is for a project I want to work on. PHP that writes poetry ...

One of the great things about being a book and magazine writer and the founder of a Web site is that I can keep myself in touch with thousands of developers. And even when I don't receive e-mails, I ...