#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my %sum; while () { chomp; my ($key, $value, $reason) = split(/\|/); if (! defined $reason || $value !~ /^\d+$/) { warn qq; next; } $sum{$key}{value} += $value; push @{$sum{$key}{reason}}, $reason; } local $" = '/'; for my $key (keys %sum) { print "$key|$sum{$key}{value}|@{$sum{$key}{reason}}\n"; } __DATA__ USERID1|2215|Jones,Tom| USERID1|1000|Jones, Tom| broken line USERID3|1495|Dole, Bob| USERID2|2500|Francis, Pope| USERID2|1500|Francis, Pope| #### dropped line: "broken line" USERID3|1495|Dole, Bob USERID1|3215|Jones,Tom/Jones, Tom USERID2|4000|Francis, Pope/Francis, Pope