It looks to me like your problem is to first collect/organise the data you want, then to print it out. I recommend storing your lines in a hash, keyed off the last field on the line. I'll use a hash-of-lists-of-lists:
my %data = ();
# get the data
while (<TEMP>)
{
my @fields = split; # get fields
my $key = pop @fields; # remove rightmost
my $line = [@fields]; # $line is ref to list of fields
push @{$data{$key}}, $line; # add to list of lines, in hash
}
close TEMP;
#now print it:
foreach my $key (sort keys %data);
{
print "$key\n";
my @lines = @{$data{$key}}; # list of lines, from hash
foreach my $line (@lines);
{
my @fields = @$line; # list of fields, from array-ref
my $text = join(" ", @fields);
print "$text\n";
}
print "\n";
}
Let me know if you can't follow the data-structure stuff. I've tried not to use any shortcuts, but I know it can be confusing at first. --Dave;
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