#!/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; if (! defined $sum{$key}{reason}) { $sum{$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| USERID3|1495|Dole, Bob| USERID2|2500|Francis, Pope| USERID2|1500|Francis, Pope| USERID4|0045|Doe, John| USERID5|1225|Doe, Jane| USERID4|4995|Doe, John| USERID4|9995|Doe, John| USERID6|1095|Darwin, Anita| USERID7|1495|Dawson, Gary| USERID6|1250|Darwin, Anita|