> that * isn't doing what you think it does. perl regexes are not shell > globs. it happens to work anyway since the tokens are unique > enough. read perlretut to learn perl regexes. > > what have you tried so far? you know enough perl to get the array of > lines and loop over that. in english (or your native tongue), just > describe how you would do it to get to your goal. write it down. it is > only a few steps. then it will be easier to convert that to the perl > needed to accomplish it. if you then have more troubles, post your code > here and you will get help. a clue: you need a hash and its values will > be array references. read perlreftut, perllol and perldsc for more on > that. > > uri
Thanks Uri, I will take this into consideration and learn from this going forward and also make sure I understand what Rob's answer actually does and compare notes and reference with the likes of perltut etc. Kind regards, Wernher -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/