If you combine the ID and alias for each combination in file 1; eg:

%hash1 = { "bobjones-www.foo.com" => 1, "bobjones-www.bar.com" => 1, "bobjones-www.dj.com" => 1, };

Then by combining the ID and aliases from file 2 in a similar way, you can do a direct lookup to determine if the same pairing exists in file 1, as you've just read from file two.

What that won't tell you is if the alias exists in file 1 under a different ID.

If the latter is (also) a requirement--it's unclear from your spec--then instead, key the hash constructed from file 1 by the alias, with the ID as the value:

%hash1 = { www.foo.com => 'bobjones', www.bar.com => 'bobjones', www.dj.com => 'bobjones', };

Or if it is possible and legal for a single alias to appear under two (or more) IDs in file one, a secondary hash.


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In reply to Re: Difficulty Mapping Data by BrowserUk
in thread Difficulty Mapping Data by walkingthecow

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