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> is this possible?

yes, but we won't post whole code!

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my ($number,$article) = split /\s+/, $line, 2

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for each input line and decide which part should be unique.

learn to do it yourself with split.

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

UPDATE

added missing third parameter for split

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Re^4: ignore duplicates and show unique values between 2 text files
by kennethk (Abbot) on Apr 29, 2013 at 16:07 UTC
    I think your posted code will not follow the posted spec. The posted lines contain additional whitespace, so my ($number,$article) = split /\s+/, $line will yield 
    $number = 261293
$article = 'snow

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    as opposed to split /\t/, $line, which would yield 
    $number = 261293
$article = 'snow > equipment > helmets'

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    Update: Parent code updated

    #11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.

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      Well sorry I noticed my problem after I saw your code and updated it in the meantime. =)

      Anyway considering the bad data the OP showed till now, it's better not expecting '\t' as delimiter...

      ... at least as long as there is no third column coming into play. =)

      Cheers Rolf

      ( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

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        Not the cleanest problem statements, to be sure. I still want to know why the OP cares that the records contain multiple 'columns'.

        I tried communicating the code issue via private msg when I spotted it, but you appear to be ignoring me.

        #11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.

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