A nested hash structure is probably the best solution:

#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my %sum; while (<DATA>) { chomp; my ($key, $value, $reason) = split(/\|/); if (! defined $reason || $value !~ /^\d+$/) { warn qq<dropped line: "$_"\n>; next; } $sum{$key}{value} += $value; push @{$sum{$key}{reason}}, $reason; } local $" = '/'; for my $key (keys %sum) { print "$key|$sum{$key}{value}|@{$sum{$key}{reason}}\n"; } __DATA__ USERID1|2215|Jones,Tom| USERID1|1000|Jones, Tom| broken line USERID3|1495|Dole, Bob| USERID2|2500|Francis, Pope| USERID2|1500|Francis, Pope|

Prints:

dropped line: "broken line" USERID3|1495|Dole, Bob USERID1|3215|Jones,Tom/Jones, Tom USERID2|4000|Francis, Pope/Francis, Pope

There are a few coding things to watch out for:

Perl is the programming world's equivalent of English

In reply to Re: Best way to store/sum multiple-field records? by GrandFather
in thread Best way to store/sum multiple-field records? by bobdabuilda

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