deleting a line from an array?

If i have an array that is multiline like:

ryan c:randels
joe b:frank
travis f:collins

and i want to delete one of those lines, how would i go about it if i don't know the absolute location, all i know is the text.

sorry, i'm self taught.



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rrandels.

Use "splice".
Here is an example:

open(DB,"db.txt");
@lines = <DB>;
close(DB);
$count = 0;
foreach $line (@lines) {
chomp $line;
($fullname,$username)=split(/:/,$line);
if ($username eq "$FORM{'username')") {
$username = $1;
last;
}
else {
$count++;
}
}
splice(@lines, $count, 1);
#the following will remove the matched username from db.txt and refresh all lines
open(DB, ">db.txt");
foreach $line (@lines) {
print DB $line;
}
#the following will update a new record
open(DB, ">>db.txt");
print DB "$FORM{'fullname'}:$FORM{'username'}n";
close(DB);

that doesn't work =(

ugh, this is a pain in the ***!



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rrandels.

>>that doesn't work =(

This answer doesn't tell me anything either.
Well, just read my code and found one syntax error at -> if ($username eq "$FORM{'username')") {
which should be:
if ($username eq "$FORM{'username'}") {

You need to give more details and be more specific. Simply saying: "Oh no, I've got 500 internal error" tells me nothing.

I'll assume this is to get ride of an entry in a password file. Try this:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">code:</font><HR><pre>
open(DB, "$pass_file") | | print "Error: $!";
@db = <DB>;
close(DB);

foreach $line (@db) {
($user,$pass) = split(/:/, $line);
if ($FORM{del_name} eq $user) {} else {
$ins_data = $user . ":" . $pass;
push(@insert, $ins_data)
}#End else
}#End forech

open(DB, ">$pass_file") | | print "Error: $!";
flock(DB, 2);
foreach $line (@insert) {
print DB $line;
}#end foreach
flock(DB, 8);
close(DB);
print "Deleted: $FORM{del_name}";
[/code]
del_name is a form item that is used to get the delete info from.

Note: This is "ledjon". The forumd downtime must have really messed with stuff. I used to "Forget your password?" link and it e-mailed me with nothing as my user name and password "