I have a script my predecessor wrote and I use twice a year. I'll paste it below. The problem is that certain records ID numbers are being changed in the perl output. Out of 169,000 records roughly 8000 are being changed. Because they are changed the ID numbers don't match for a match back. I tried smaller data chunks with the same results.

### "Sequence Number,$First_Name,$Last_Name,$Middle_Name,$Prefix,$Suff +ix,$ID_number,$Donor_Category,$Alumni_ind,$Friend_ind,$Fac_staff_ind, +$Highest_Gift,$Delivery Address,$Alternate 1 Address,$Alternate 2 Add +ress,$Alternate_3_Address,$City,$St,$ZIP+4,$Country,$Full Name,$SALUT +ATION,$PREF_CLASS_YEAR,$PREF_SCHOOL_CODE,$PREF_SCHOOL,$APEAL_CODE,$DE +G_SCHOOL_CODE1,$DEG_SCHOOL_CODE2,$DEG_SCHOOL_CODE3,$DEG_SCHOOL_CODE4, +$DEG_SCHOOL_CODE5,$DEG_SCHOOL_CODE6,$GIVE_SCHOOL_CODE1,$GIVE_SCHOOL_C +ODE2,$GIVE_SCHOOL_CODE3,$GIVE_SCHOOL_CODE4,$COMPANY_NAME1,$COMPANY_NA +ME2,$COMPANY_NAME3,$BUSINESS_STREET2,$BUSINESS_STREET3,$BUSINESS_STRE +ET4,$BUSINESS_CITY,$BUSINESS_ST,$BUSINESS_ZIP,$BUSINESS_COUNTRY,$PREF +_ADDR_TYPE_CODE,$RECORD_TYPE_CODE,$ASK1,$ASK2,$ASK3,$SP_ALUMNI_IND,$S +P_FRIEND_IND,$SP_FAC_STAFF_IN,$SP_HIGHEST_GIFT,$SPOUSE_ID_NUMBER,$SP_ +FIRST_NAME,$SP_MIDDLE_NAME,$SP_LAST_NAME,$SP_MAIL_NAME,$SP_CLASS_YEAR +,$SP_PREF_SCHOOL,$SP_PREF_SCHOOL_CODE,$SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE1,$SP_DEG_SC +HOOL_CODE2,$SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE3,$SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE4,$SP_DEG_SCHOOL_C +ODE5,$SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE6,$SP_GIVE_SCHOOL_CODE1,$SP_GIVE_SCHOOL_CODE2 +,$SP_GIVE_SCHOOL_CODE3,$SP_GIVE_SCHOOL_CODE4,$SP_COMPANY_NAME1,$SP_CO +MPANY_NAME2,$SP_BUS_STREET1,$SP_BUS_STREET2,$SP_BUS_STREET3,$SP_BUS_S +TREET4,$SP_BUS_CITY,$SP_BUS_ST,$SP_BUS_ZIP,$SP_BUS_COUNTRY,$SP_RECORD +_TYPE_CODE,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$" ### "ID_number","DEG_SCHOOL_CODE1","DEG_SCHOOL_CODE2","DEG_SCHOOL_CODE +3","DEG_SCHOOL_CODE4","DEG_SCHOOL_CODE5","DEG_SCHOOL_CODE6","GIVE_SCH +OOL_CODE1","GIVE_SCHOOL_CODE2","GIVE_SCHOOL_CODE3","GIVE_SCHOOL_CODE4 +","SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE1","SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE2","SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE3"," +SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE4","SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE5","SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE6","SP_ +GIVE_SCHOOL_CODE1","SP_GIVE_SCHOOL_CODE2","SP_GIVE_SCHOOL_CODE3","SP_ +GIVE_SCHOOL_CODE4","Give_Unit_1","Give_unit_2","Give_unit_3","Give_un +it_4","Sp_give_unit_1","sp_give_unit_2","sp_give_unit_3","sp_give_uni +t_4" ### "DEG_SCHOOL_CODE1","DEG_SCHOOL_CODE2","DEG_SCHOOL_CODE3","DEG_SCHO +OL_CODE4","DEG_SCHOOL_CODE5","DEG_SCHOOL_CODE6","SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE1" +,"SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE2","SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE3","SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE4","S +P_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE5","SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE6","ID_number" open (OUTPUT,">321868_UB_CYE_ToBCC_Rnd2.txt"); open (INPUT,"321868_UB_CYE_FromBCC_Rnd2.txt"); $arraysizemax=0; print OUTPUT "ID,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16\n"; foreach $line (<INPUT>){ chomp $line; $line =~ s/\"//g; $line =~ s/0232-MUE/0232/g; $line =~ s/0232-LIS/0232/g; $line =~ s/0232-MUE/0232/g; $line =~ s/0301-0304/0301/g; $line =~ s/0301-CE/0301/g; $line =~ s/0030/9999/g; $line =~ s/0031/9999/g; $line =~ s/0884/9999/g; $line =~ s/0716/9999/g; $line =~ s/0377-ACCT/0377,0377-ACCT/g; $line =~ s/0508-BCP/0508/g; $line =~ s/0508-MCH/0508/g; $line =~ s/0508-PHC/0508/g; $line =~ s/0528/0456/g; $line =~ s/0494-NAN/0494/g; $line =~ s/0494-NRN/0494/g; $line =~ s/1084-AAS/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-APY/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-ART/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-AS/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-BIO/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-CDS/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-CHE/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-CL/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-COL/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-COM/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-DMS/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-ECO/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-ENG/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-FR/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-GEO/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-GGS/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-GLY/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-HIS/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-HMN/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-ITA/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-LIN/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-MCH/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-MD/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-MTH/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-MUE/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-MUP/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-MUS/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-PHC/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-PHI/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-PHY/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-PSC/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-PSY/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-SMA/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-SOC/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-SPA/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-SSC/1084D,1084/g; $line =~ s/1084-TD/1084D,1084/g; + $line =~ s/1084-TH/1084D,1084/g; use Array::Unique; tie @schools, 'Array::Unique'; @schools = split(/,/,$line); $id=pop(@schools); @allow = ("0226","0232","0372","0377","0377-ACCT","0424","0448","0456 +","0494","0508","1084D","1084","9999","0719","0301"); %original = (); @intersect = (); map { $original{$_} = 1 } @schools; @intersect = grep { $original{$_} } @allow; @intersect = sort @intersect; local $" = ','; ##" $arraysize = @intersect; if ($arraysize eq 0) {print "$id\n";} if ($arraysize gt $arraysizemax) {$arraysizemax=$arraysize} print OUTPUT "$id,@intersect\n"; } print "$arraysizemax";

This is the data being fed in:

"DEG_SCHOOL_CODE1","DEG_SCHOOL_CODE2","DEG_SCHOOL_CODE3","DEG_SCHOOL_C +ODE4","DEG_SCHOOL_CODE5","DEG_SCHOOL_CODE6","SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE1","SP +_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE2","SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE3","SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE4","SP_DE +G_SCHOOL_CODE5","SP_DEG_SCHOOL_CODE6","","","","","","","","","",""," +","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","ID_number" "1084-COM","1084-CHE","","","","0719","1084-PSY","","","","","","","", +"","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","", +"","0000319970" "0377","","","","","","0377-ACCT","0317","","","","","","","","","","" +,"","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","0000030 +428" "1084-PSY","0377","","","","0719","1084-SSC","1084-SOC","1084","0232", +"","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","", +"","","","","","0000319443" "0232-LIS","","","","","","1084-PHI","0301","","","","","","","","","" +,"","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","0000 +315276" "1084-PSY","1084-HIS","1084-ECO","","","0719","1084-SSC","","1084-HIS" +,"","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" +,"","","","","","","0000316920" "1084-DMS","0232-LIS","","","","","1084-SSC","","","","","","","",""," +","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""," +0000302425"

And this is what is being returned:

ID,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 ID_number, 0099999970,0719,1084,1084D 0009999428,0377,0377-ACCT 0099999443,0232,0377,0719,1084,1084D 0099995276,0232,0301,1084,1084D 0099996920,0719,1084,1084D 0099992425,0232,1084,1084D

It is changing the ID numbers to have a 9's preceding the beginning. Please help


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