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I have a problem
I am trying to take lines in a text file that look like this. although
there are 500 more or so (and they have more realistic names)
25727 dude, some M MEX.AMER. DORM1
25797 dude, other M BLACK DORM2
29291 guy, random M BLACK DORM3
30249 fella, helluva M BLACK DORM4
31139A brother, notmy M CAUC DORM5
Which is essentially, a student Id, last, first, sex, race, etc…..
I am trying to use the following code to make the student id the key
and the whole line the value (including the student ID that I am using
as the key)
So, an example would look like this on paper
Key: Value:
$student{25727} = 25727 dude, some M MEX.AMER.
DORM1
And so on
This is the code I’ve tried…
my %longz;
while (<IFILE>) {
chomp;
($ya,$rest) = split(/^\s+/,$_);
$longz{$ya} = $rest;
}
My hope is to create a hash that I can use the student ids from
another list, and if that id is present in the other list to print the
value somewhere else.
However, I have the comparison code down… I think.
My problem is the silly split on the $_ as it goes through the while
loop…
Hope this makes sense.
Keep in mind
The machine I am doing this on is not online, and it is a windows
machine. So I am using Activeperl with only the modules that come with
it.
Help..
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