All:
I have a bunch of files whose names relate to the data they contain.
For instance: 

val1.a
val1.b
val1.c

val2.a
val2.b
val2.c

val3.a
val3.b
val3.c
The first part (val#) could be any unique string, but the second part (a,b,c) will always be one of those three strings.

Each file will contain a tab delimited line that I suck into an array such as:

entry1 entry2 entry3 entry4 entry5
entry1 entry2 entry3 entry4 entry5
entry1 entry2 entry3 entry4 entry5

After reading in all the files, what I need to know to do is:

  • Get a list of unique first values to loop over
  • For each value in the list loop over the second file name part (a,b,c)
  • For each second file name part, loop over each line in the file

    It seems to me that a HoHoA is in order, but I can't seem to make it work. If each file only had one line it wouldn't be that hard - I would just say = to, but the next entry in the file overwrites it.

    Any and all help will be appreciated.

    L~R

    In reply to How should I store/retrieve my data by Limbic~Region

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