Hi Monks!

I had a similar question a few days ago, but the test data I had wasn't right, so I am hopping to get another shot here, cause I am stuck.

First, add new rows to the data where "status = Main", I have that on the first "foreach loop", thanks!

Here is where I am stuck, adding new values from "status = Extra" into "status = Main" where ID in "status = Main" is equal the ID in "status = Extra".
So in this case, the end result I am trying to get would be like this,:

$VAR3 = {
          'new_City' => 'BO',
          'ID' => '2222',
          'status' => 'Main',
          'name' => 'John D',
          'City' => 'NY',
          'state' => 'UA',
          'new_ad1' => '100 main St.',
          'Ad1' => '20 North Central St.',
          'new_z_code' => '0007',
          'new_name' => 'Tony Star',
          'zCode' => '0002'
        };
$VAR6 = {
          'new_City' => 'MA',
          'ID' => '1111',
          'status' => 'Main',
          'name' => 'Charles D',
          'City' => 'NM',
          'state' => 'CA',
          'new_ad1' => '44 Dell St',
          'Ad1' => '12th Street',
          'new_z_code' => '9857',
          'new_name' => 'Marie Doe',
          'zCode' => '2334'
        };
# Noticed that this one didn't have any "status = Extra" associated wi
+th it, so the new added rows are empty, its just fine like that.
$VAR9 = {
          'new_City' => '',
          'ID' => '8888',
          'status' => 'Main',
          'name' => 'AKAKAK',
          'City' => 'AA',
          'state' => 'PP',
          'new_ad1' => '',
          'Ad1' => '1AAAA',
          'new_z_code' => '',
          'new_name' => '',
          'zCode' => 'TTTT'
        };
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Here is a sample code to show what I am trying to do:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Data::Dumper;

my $data =[

   { Ad1 => '20 North Central St.',  status => 'Main',     City => 'NY
+', zCode => '0002', name => 'John D',      ID => '2222', state => 'TO
+' },
   { Ad1 => '15 South Street',       status => 'Property', City => 'NY
+', zCode => '0002', name => 'John V',      ID => '2222', state => 'TO
+' },
   { Ad1 => '100 main St.',          status => 'Extra',    City => 'BO
+', zCode => '0007', name => 'Tony Star',   ID => '2222', state => 'UA
+' },
   { Ad1 => '5540 Chelsea Avenue',   status => 'Cabin',    City => 'NE
+', zCode => '4562', name => 'Carly Simon', ID => '2222', state => 'TO
+' },

   { Ad1 => '12th Street',           status => 'Main',     City => 'NM
+', zCode => '2334', name => 'Charles D',  ID => '1111', state => 'CA'
+ },
   { Ad1 => '44 Dell St',            status => 'Extra',    City => 'MA
+', zCode => '9857', name => 'Marie Doe',   ID => '1111', state => 'CA
+' },
   { Ad1 => '33 Dust Road',          status => 'Property', City => 'ET
+', zCode => '3345', name => 'Chapim Thor',ID => '1111', state => 'CA'
+ },
   { Ad1 => '01 Charles St',         status => 'Cabin',    City => 'CA
+', zCode => '2334', name => 'Claud Odur', ID => '1111', state => 'CA'
+ },

   { Ad1 => '1AAAA',   status => 'Main',     City => 'AA', zCode => 'T
+TTT',  name => 'AKAKAK',      ID => '8888', state => 'PP' },
   { Ad1 => '2AAAA',   status => 'Test',     City => 'BB', zCode => 'W
+WWW',  name => 'BXBXBX',      ID => '8888', state => 'HH' },
   { Ad1 => 'CCCCC',   status => 'Property', City => 'ET', zCode => '3
+345',  name => 'Chapim Thor', ID => '8888', state => 'CA' },
   { Ad1 => 'DDDDD',   status => 'Cabin',    City => 'CA', zCode => '2
+334',  name => 'Claud Odur',  ID => '8888', state => 'CA' },

  ];


# Add new rows to data where status equal Main
my %new_row;
foreach my $get_data (@$data) {


     if ( $get_data->{ 'status' } eq 'Main' ){

     # Add New rows
     %new_row = (
                      new_name => '',
                      new_ad1 => '',
                      new_City => '',
                      new_z_code => ''
                     );

     @$get_data{keys %new_row} = values %new_row;

     }

}

# At this point all arrays with status equal "Main" has all the new ro
+ws added with empty values.
print Dumper @$data;

# Now add new values from Extra into Main where ID in Main is equal ID
+ in Extra.
# Not working, inserts the values into the rows, but over writes the v
+alues.
# Cant think on how to check for the IDs equality in status=Main and I
+D in status=Extra.
my %new_row_data;
foreach my $getdata (@$data) {


 if ( $getdata->{ 'status' } eq 'Extra' ){

     %new_row_data = (
                      status     => 'Main',
                      new_name   => $getdata->{ 'name' },
                      new_ad1    => $getdata->{ 'Ad1' },
                      new_City   => $getdata->{ 'City' },
                      new_z_code => $getdata->{ 'zCode' }
                     );

     @$getdata{keys %new_row_data} = values %new_row_data;

     }
 }


print Dumper @$data;

exit;
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Thanks once again for looking!!

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