sub prase_results {
    my ($file_path,$aref) = @_;
    open(my $fh, '<', "$file_path") or return 0;
    while (my $line = <$fh>) {
        chomp($line);
        my ($key,$group,$value,$version,$file,$count) = split(/,/,$lin
+e);
    my $key = 1;
    foreach my $k (@{$aref}) {
        if ($k->{"group"} eq $group) {
        $k->{"version"} = [ sort uniq $version, @{$k->{"version"}} ];
        $key = 0;
        }
    }
        push @{ $aref }, {
            group => $group,
            versions => [ $version ]
        } if ($key);
    }
    close ($fh);
    return 1;
}
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it will be clear ..

It's not clear to me how this code

foreach my $k (@{$aref}) {
  if ($k->{"group"} eq $group) {
    $k->{"version"} = [ sort uniq $version, @{$k->{"version"}} ];
    $key = 0;
  }
}
push @{ $aref }, {
    group => $group,
    versions => [ $version ]
} if ($key);
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can create this data structure

{                              
   "group": "pkgs",            
   "values": [ "tcsh" ]                          
},
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Is the key 'version', 'versions' or 'values' ?

poj

Oh sorry, the code is: (too many changes and I was looking at the old version)

    open(my $fh, '<', "$file_path") or return 0;
    while (my $line = <$fh>) {
        chomp($line);
        my ($key,$group,$value,$version,$file,$count) = split(/,/,$lin
+e);
    my $key = 1;
    foreach my $k (@{$aref}) {
        if ($k->{"group"} eq $group) {
        $k->{"values"} = [ sort uniq $value, @{$k->{"values"}} ];
        $key = 0;
        }
    }
        push @{ $aref }, {
            group => $group,
            values => [ $value ]
        } if ($key);
    }
    close ($fh);
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