So, I love DBM files,
because I think they'll work just great for the application I have to
develop.
So far I worked with simple hashes (key => value) on DBM files, and
everything seems fine.
However, I now realize I need to complicate matters a bit.
Instead of a simple hash, I'll need something with a key, and two scalars
associated to it.
In more classical terms (I know, many of you won't like this..) the key is
going to be a string,
and each key should lead to a string AND an integer.
Things I have to do with this structure:
assume I have data in a text file ("myfile_1.in") with data in the format
this_is_a_key this_is_a_value n
(they are tab-separated)
1- get the data from myfile_1.in and create/update a DBM file pair
assume I have a nother file "myfile_2.in" with data in the format
maybe_a_key
(one per line)
2- check if each string in the myfile_2.in file corresponds to a 'record' in
the DBM file pair
(depending on the result fo the check I'll do different stuff)
This is not very complicated. I have it down for a simple hash, but I'd like
to hear suggestions on how
to do this for this slightly more complex set up. It's a matter of
experience. Having about zero XP with Perl,
I'd rather listen before jumping into it...
thank you in advance,
F.O.R.
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