name1 ABCD
name2 BCD
name3 ASCDA
name4 AAAAA
####
name1 0.2
name5 0.3
name4 0.0002
name7 0.222
####
use warnings;
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;
# validate script arguments.
die "usage: perl $0 data_file_1 data_file_2 \n" unless @ARGV >= 2;
# capture data file names.
my $file_1_name = $ARGV[0];
my $file_2_name = $ARGV[1];
# open 1st data file, read to 1st hash.
open (my $fh_data_1, '<', $file_1_name)
or die "opening '$file_1_name': $!";
my %hash_1 = split ' ', do { local $/; <$fh_data_1>; };
close $fh_data_1 or die "closing '$file_1_name': $!";
# print Dumper \%hash_1; # FOR DEBUG -- sanity check
# open 2nd data file, process line-by-line.
open (my $fh_data_2, '<', $file_2_name)
or die "opening '$file_2_name': $!";
while (my $line = <$fh_data_2>) {
my ($k) = split ' ', $line;
# print "split key '$k' \n"; # FOR DEBUG
print "'$k' -> '$hash_1{$k}' \n"
if defined($k) and exists $hash_1{$k};
}
close $fh_data_2 or die "closing '$file_2_name': $!";
####
c:\@Work\Perl\monks\gghelpneeded>perl check_hash_vs_keys_1.pl file_1.dat file_2.dat
'name1' -> 'ABCD'
'name4' -> 'AAAAA'