Hi ahjohnson2,

OK, now you have added your code. What you are doing is far far too complicated. What you need to do is this:

- Read file1 and, for each line, find the name (the key) and the three metrics, and store in your hash something like this: 

$hash1{$key}= "$metric1;$metric2;$metric3";

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- Then, you read file2 line by line, split each line to find the name2 and mtric4. Once you have that, check is the name2 is an existing key of %hash1, and, if such is the case, just print the output with something like this: 
print $name2, $hash{$name2}, ";", $metric4, "\n" if exists $hash{$name
+2};

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No need for %hash2, no need to store the file in an array.

Also, I have not seen your input data, but this code: 

        $line1 =~ /(.*?)\,(.*?)\,(.*?)\,(.*?)\,(.*?)\,(.*)/;
        $description1 = $1;
        $cktsizetemp1 = $2;
        $bits1 = $3; 
        # print "$3\n";
        $availability1 = sprintf("%.2f", $4);
        $bitsin1 = $5;
        $bitsout1 = $6;

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could be replaced by something much simpler like this: 
my ($description1, $cktsizetemp1, $bits1, $availability1, $bitsin1, $b
+itsout1)
     = split /,/, $line1;
$availability1 = sprintf("%.2f", $availability);

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Finally, I would suggest that you use strict; and use warnings; near the top of your program and declare your variables with the my function.

Please provide a sample of your input data (file1 and file2) if you need further detailed help.

In reply to Re: Compare 2 Hashes w/ Multiple Variables by Laurent_R
in thread Compare 2 Hashes w/ Multiple Variables by ahjohnson2

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