Hi people,

So I'm looping through a list and trying to convert some data based on the following potential conditions: 

original data in the list:	convert to:

wap1				wap1
poe1				poe1
poe1 wap1			poe1 wap1
poe1 wap1 wap2 wap3		poe1 wap1,2,3
poe1 poe2			poe1 poe2
poe1 poe2 wap1			poe1 poe2 wap1
poe1 poe2 wap1 wap2		poe1 poe2 wap1,2

I'm collecting the a modified DNS entries of all waps off a switchport and trying to manipulate the data to make it a bit more readable, and then adding the list to the description field back in configuration of the switch.

I want to avoid long lists of wap names, because it gets a bit ugly and nasty to read. I want to preserve any instance of a poe switch and the first full name of the first wap, the rest can be abbreviated to 2,3,4,5,12,34.

This has kept me awake all night, any help gladly accepted!

In reply to List manipulation headache by a.sainsbury

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