Tie/CSV_File version 0.02 ========================= SYNOPSIS use Tie::CSV_File; tie my @data, 'Tie::File', 'xyz.dat'; print "Data in 3rd line, 5th column: ", $data[2][4]; untie @data; # or to read a tabular seperated file tie my @data, 'Tie::File', 'xyz.dat', sep_char => "\t", quote_char => undef, eol => undef, # default escape_char => undef, always_quote => 0; # default [NOT YET IMPLEMENTED] $data[1][3] = 4; $data[-1][-1] = "last column in last line"; push @data, [qw/Jan Feb Mar/]; delete $data[3][2]; INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install DEPENDENCIES This module requires these other modules and libraries: Text::CSV_XS Tie::File Params::Validate The test routine requires additional these other modules and libraries: Test::Exception Test::More File::Temp COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Put the correct copyright and licence information here. Copyright (C) 2002 Janek Schleicher This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.