If your "bn" numbers are unique...

my $range_start = 700; my $range_end = 1200; my %out = (); while (<>) { if ( /bn(\d+),/ && $1 >= $range_start && $1 <= $range_end ) { my $bn = $1; my ($when) = /^[^,]+,\w+\s+(\S+)\s/; $out{$bn} = $when; } } foreach my $ranger ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %out ) { print $ranger, ' - ', $out{$ranger}, "\n"; }

If they are not unique...

my $range_start = 700; my $range_end = 1200; my %out = (); while (<>) { if ( /bn(\d+),/ && $1 >= $range_start && $1 <= $range_end ) { my $bn = $1; my ($when) = /^[^,]+,\w+\s+(\S+)\s/; push @{$out{$bn}}, $when; } } foreach my $ranger ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %out ) { print "$ranger - "; print join ', ', @{$out{$ranger}}; print "\n"; }

Totally untested and off the top of my head, of course.


In reply to Re: Using a Range to Parse a file and pull out Data? by kyle
in thread Using a Range to Parse a file and pull out Data? by batcater98

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