Keenan, Greg John (Greg)** CTR ** wrote: > Hi, Hello,
> I have a file like: > > A B C > 1 aa11 bb11 cc11 > 2 aa22 bb22 cc22 > 3 aa33 bb33 cc33 > 4 aa44 bb44 cc44 > > I have two sets of coordinates like (A2, C1) and I need to join them > together like aa22cc11 > > I am going to pull the relevent line for the first coordinate into an array > then pull out the relevant element then repeat the steps for the second > coordinate e.g. > > @lines = <GRIDFILE>; > @line = $lines[3]; > $coordData1 = $line[1]; > @line = $lines[2]; > $coordData2 = $line[3]; > ...do something with $coordData1 & $coordData2 > > I'm hoping for a better way and I'm looking for suggestions. You may want something like: my @lines = map [ split ], <GRIDFILE>; ...do something with $lines[1][0] & $lines[0][1] John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
