#!/usr/bin/perl -- #~ 2011-09-07-00:31:00 by Anonymous Monk #~ perltidy -csc -otr -opr -ce -nibc -i=4 use strict; use warnings; use autodie; # dies if open/close... fail Main(@ARGV); exit(0); sub Main { if ( @_ == 3 ) { NotDemoMeaningfulName(@_); } else { Demo(); print Usage(); } } ## end sub Main sub NotDemoMeaningfulName { my ( $inputOne, $inputTwo, $outputFile ) = @_; open my ($inOne), '<', $inputOne; open my ($inTwo), '<', $inputTwo; open my ($outFh), '>', $outputFile; while ( not eof $inOne ) { my $onel = <$inOne>; my $twol = <$inTwo>; for ( $onel, $twol ) { chomp; $_ = $1 if /,\s*([^,]+)$/; } print $outFh "{$onel}{$twol}\n"; } ## end while ( not eof $inOne ) close $inOne; close $inTwo; close $outFh; } ## end sub NotDemoMeaningfulName sub Usage { <<"__USAGE__"; $0 $0 dataFile1 dataFile2 outputFile perl ${\__FILE__} perl ${\__FILE__} dataFile1 dataFile2 outputFile __USAGE__ } ## end sub Usage sub Demo { my ( $Input, $Input2, $WantedOutput ) = DemoData(); NotDemoMeaningfulName( $Input, $Input2, \my $Output ); print $Output, "\n\n"; require Test::More; Test::More::is( $Output, $WantedOutput, ' NotDemoMeaningfulName Works Aas Designed' ); Test::More::done_testing(); } ## end sub Demo sub DemoData { my $One = <<'__One__'; Optometrists and Opticians (simple) Regulations, Cap. 500A, RG 2 __One__ my $Two = <<'__Two__'; OPTOMETRISTS AND OPTICIANS (SIMPLE) REGULATIONS, Cap. 500A, Regulation 2 __Two__ my $Three = <<'__Two__'; {RG 2}{Regulation 2} __Two__ return \$One, \$Two, $Three; } ## end sub DemoData __END__ $ prove pm.924549.pl pm.924549.pl .. ok All tests successful. Files=1, Tests=1, 1 wallclock secs ( 0.12 usr + 0.06 sys = 0.19 CPU) Result: PASS $ perl pm.924549.pl {RG 2}{Regulation 2} ok 1 - NotDemoMeaningfulName Works Aas Designed 1..1 pm.924549.pl pm.924549.pl dataFile1 dataFile2 outputFile perl pm.924549.pl perl pm.924549.pl dataFile1 dataFile2 outputFile