greetings all monks,

The Dilemna -> I need to create then compare two arrays extracting from them values from both sides when the partial entry from the first array is equated in the second

In Depth -> I have a file full of device names all containing unique entries in the style of loc-city-devicetype. I also have a second file that contains all the city names (can you see where I am going with this) I want to take the -city- part of the device name and compare it to the list of cities, then find a match and print the full device name and then the city name right after it.

example: dev-wic1-7700-g2-v1008 is a device in Wickliffe KY. the dev-wic1... is in the first file (along with about 3000 others) all one entry per line. The second file contains City and State names (also one entry perline) I want to equate wic1 to Wickliffe and then print out something like
- Wickliffe dev-wic1-7700-g2-v1008 and do so for every device in the first file.
Thanks for any enlightened insight you can give me

-blackhawk down

In reply to Fun with arrays by blackhawk down

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