Perl isn't really my foray yet, but I've been solving technical challenges my entire life and the why rarely ever matters. The solution comes from using the right functions in the right spot to get the right output, I've provided the inputs, the outputs and attempts to get to the goal that didn't quite work to show the track I'm working on, I didn't add unnecessary detail about other things because they weren't part of the problem so as not to distract away from areas that matter. The middle column (yes/no) function adds a quick visual check to assist with working out the third. If I end up with a schedule name in the third column where that line in the second says no, I already know I messed up because its the wrong result being retrieved. I said it didn't matter to the final solution because once I have that I won't need it, but it definitely makes getting there easier to troubleshoot.

I'll keep working on it, I toyed around with the last suggestion but it's not quite there and I don't yet see what should be so I'm playing around with different ways of recalling previously stored data while iterating a loop of a different data source.

In reply to Re^10: nesting loops help? by shadowfox
in thread nesting loops help? by shadowfox

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