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Dave Adams wrote: > > Hi there, > > I have a problem which I would like to use perl to resolve, however I'm not > sure if it is possible to do. > > I need to scan a file and check some conditions, first if field 9 is > duplicated on 1 or more rows, then I need to check field 10 to see which is > the greater value and then only print the whole row where field 10 is the > greater, if field 9 is not a duplicate then print the whole row. > An example of the data is below. > > 28525|U2|4CY0|50|6775.15|2002-02-07|10461|321.43|102040724|102040773| > 28526|U2|4CY0|25|3571.78|2002-02-07|6107|167.74|102040774|102040798| > 28527|U2|4CY0|50|6930.3|2002-02-07|11376|324.12|102040774|102040823| > 28528|U2|4CY0|25|4640.28|2002-02-07|4800|217.43|102040824|102040848| > 28529|U2|4CY0|50|8432.05|2002-02-07|9023|392.03|102040824|102040873| read about split, arrays and hashes and i bet you'll solve it in an hour. perldoc -f splir perlfunc perldoc perldata /jon > > DaveThread Previous