#!/usr/bin/perl # use strict; use warnings; my @tmp2 = ( "413: partnum=2204133000,description=PRESS GAUGE,quantity=1.0000,tags=PI-412", "414: partnum=2202261000,description=THERMOWELL,quantity=2.0000,tags=", "415: partnum=2201176000,description=THERMOMETER,quantity=2.0000,tags=", "576: partnum=2204133000,description=PRESS GAUGE,quantity=1.0000,tags=PI-400", "582: partnum=2201176000,description=THERMOMETER,quantity=3.0000,tags=TI-100 TI-101 TI-200" ); # # Move the data into a hash %HoH # my $who = (); my $field = (); my %HoH = (); my $rec = (); my $key = (); my $value = (); foreach (@tmp2) { s/^(.*?):\s*//; $who = $1; $rec = {}; $HoH{$who} = $rec; for $field ( split(/,/) ) { ( $key, $value ) = split /=/, $field; $rec->{$key} = $value; } } print "\nHash complete\n"; ############################################## ## ## Remove duplicate part numbers and combine the tags, if necessary. ## ## print "######################################"; print "Duplicate Removal Testing\n"; my %tmpHoH = %HoH; my $keyouter; my $valueouter; my $keydup; my $valuedup; my @keydelete = (); while ( ( $keyouter, $valueouter ) = each %HoH ) { while ( ( $keydup, $valuedup ) = each %tmpHoH ) { if ( $keyouter eq $keydup ) { next; } if ( $HoH{$keyouter}{partnum} eq $tmpHoH{$keydup}{partnum} ) { print "**********\n"; print "key: $keyouter, value: $HoH{$keyouter}{partnum}, tag= $HoH{$keyouter}{tags}\n"; print "key: $keydup, value: $tmpHoH{$keydup}{partnum}, tag= $tmpHoH{$keydup}{tags}\n"; $HoH{$keyouter}{tags} = $HoH{$keyouter}{tags} . " " . $tmpHoH{$keydup}{tags}; print "$tmpHoH{$keyouter}{tags}\n"; print "**********\n"; push( @keydelete, "$keyouter=>$keydup" ); } } } print "######################################\n"; ############################################## ############################################# # ## Testing to see if the hash is working. ## Uncomment Section below to test. my $iter = (); my $iter2 = (); for $iter ( keys %HoH ) { print "$iter: "; for $iter2 ( keys %{ $HoH{$iter} } ) { print "$iter2=$HoH{$iter}{$iter2} ,"; } print "\n"; }