my @files = qw(File1.txt File2.txt);
my %tree;
my(@iterations, @names); # order
foreach my $file (qw(File1.txt File2.txt)) {
open my $fh, '<', $file or die "Cannot open file $file: $!";
(my $name = $file) =~ s/\.\w+$//; # remove extension
push @refs, $ref; # order
my($iteration);
while(<$fh>) {
chomp;
if(/^Iteration /) {
$iteration = $_;
push @iterations, $iteration unless $tree{$iteration}; # key order
} elsif(my($i) = /^(\d+):/) {
$tree{$iteration}[$i]{$name} = $_;
}
}
}
####
use Data::Dumper;
print Dumper \%tree;
####
foreach my $iteration (@iterations) {
print "$iteration\n"; # section header
my $section = $tree{$iteration}; # array ref
for my $i (0 .. $#$section) {
my @data;
foreach my $name (@names) {
my $data = $section->[$i]{$name};
next unless defined $data;
push @data, "$name:$data";
}
if(@data) {
my $line = join " ", @data;
print "$line\n";
}
}
}