convert text to html 1

[DanKay1]

I need to convert textfile to HTML.
Example of textfile below:

textfile.txt
a. Line 1
b. Line 2

HTML
Create HTML page with the Name of todays date.
And inside color code the lines and remove a. and b. in front of them until EOF.

if first char is a. then line should be red.
if first char is b. then line should be blue.

Can anyone help me with the code. I am learning Perl at this moment want to take the code and make more advanced.

Thanks in advance.

 

[rharsh]

Have you tried to do this yourself? If so, what are you having problems with? Maybe post some code.

 

[chessbot]

Maybe something like this? (Please excuse my meager attempts and correct as necessary)

# ...
print '
<style type="text/css">
.red { color: red; }
.blue { color: blue; }
</style>';

while (<TXTFILE>)
{
  if (/^[ab]\./)
  {
    $line = s/^(a\.)/<span class="red">/;
    $line = s/^(b\.)/<span class="blue">/;
    $line .= "</span>";
  }
  print $line;
}

--Chessbot

There is a level of Hell reserved for probability theorists in which every monkey that types on a typewriter produces a Shakespearean sonnet.

 

[DanKay1]

Thanks guys let me try it. I am rookie in perl.