Hi y'all, Some guidance and edification would be most appreciated.
I have two files, built the same way: File1 File2 Col1 Col2 Col3 Col4 Col1 Col2 Col3 Col4 222 rrr F;R 1111 222 rrr 1;2;3 1111 D44 33 3;4;7;8 jjjj D44 33 G;D jjjj ...and so on. My intention is to equate all columns against each other (Col1:Col1, etc...) and print out the ones that differ. My issue is with the third column. As you can see, it's a semicolon-delimited list, in a scalar variable, but the column can have anywhere from 0 - 11 values; there's no reasonable expectation of a certain number of values. I'm fine with splitting the columns, then splitting the scalar variable that makes up the third column, but from there, should I read that third column via a loop into a hash? If so, I don't clearly see what the key should be. And if I do that, I imagine I'd compare the values using an "...exists..." function, correct? Or would it be better to sort the scalar third variable and just do a scalar/scalar equality test? Also, since I'm new to Perl and to posting here, please let me know if this kind of post is detailed enough, or to verbose, of if the accepted expectaion is just a snippet of code, etc..... Many thanks in advance, Paul -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
