in reply to Re^2: Match two files using regex
in thread Match two files using regex
But it's a requirement...
The one-liner above does it. Here's an expanded version of my one-liner that I hope makes it easier to understand.
#!/usr/bin/perl # http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1128822 use strict; use warnings; $_ = <<END; # input 1 H 35 1 C 22 2 H 20 2 C 30 A 1 HB2 MET 1 A 2 CA MET 1 A 3 HA ASP 2 A 4 CA ASP 2 END =output wanted 1 MET HB2 35 1 MET CA 22 2 ASP HA 20 2 ASP CA 30 =cut #print "$1 $5 $4 $3\n" while /^(\S+)\s+(\w)\s+(\S+)(?=.*\n\n.*^\S+\s ++\S+\s+(\2..)\s+(\S+)\s+\1\b)/gms; # expanded for clarity print "$1 $5 $4 $3\n" while / # match ^ # starting at the start of a line (\S+) # capture first field \s+ # skip whitespace (\w) # capture letter in column 2 \s+ # skip whitespace (\S+) # capture third field (?= # zerowidth positive lookahead .* # skipping to \n\n # the empty line separating first and second file # this guarantees the patterns above this are in the first f +ile # and the patterns below are in the second file .* # skipping to ^ # start of a line in second file \S+ # skip first field (not needed) \s+ # skip whitespace \S+ # skip second field (not needed) \s+ # skip whitespace (\2..) # capture third field if it starts with previously captured +letter (three wide) \s+ # skip whitespace (\S+) # capture fourth field \s+ # skip whitespace \1 # make sure fifth field matches first field of first file. \b # insure complete match ) # end of zerowidth lookahead /gmsx; # global, match any start of line, . matches \n, expanded __END__
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Re^4: Match two files using regex
by chemshifts (Initiate) on Jun 03, 2015 at 20:02 UTC |