Hello
Consider the following content of a file:
15,10,name3
10,#,name1
12,10,name2
5,12,name4
8,5,name4
Each line is in the following format:
id,parent-id,name
Notice that the the great parent (the one without a parent) has
# in the parent-id field.
I'm trying to create a new list which each line is a path from each id to its parent-id.
The expected output of the example I gave:
name1
name2,name1
name3,name1
name4,name2,name1
name5,name4,name2,name1
I was trying to solve this issue with a loop and an array.
Problem is, I don't know how many fields should the array contain.
How can I solve this issue in the cleanest and simplest way possible, without using any external modules?
I feel like a loop over the file should solve it, but can't figure the right order.
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