Hi 
my @array1;
    my $data =  "[0|0|{A=145,B=2,C=12,D=18}|!][0|0|{A=167,B=2,C=67,D=1
+7}|.1iit][196|0|{A=244,B=6,C=67,D=12}|10:48AM][204|0|{A=9,B=201,C=61,
+D=11}|Calculator][66|0|{A=145,B=450,C=49,D=14}|phone]0|0|{A=145,B=2,C
+=12,D=18}|!0|0|{A=167,B=2,C=67,D=17}|.1iit196|0|{A=244,B=6,C=67,D=12}
+|10:48AM204|0|{A=9,B=201,C=61,D=11}|Calculator66|0|{A=145,B=450,C=49,
+D=14}|phone";
    my $high = 0;
    my @values = split(/\[([^\]]+)\]/,$data) ;
    print "Values is @values \n";
    foreach(@values)
    {
        #I want the value that preceeds the first occurence of | in ea
+ch array element, i.e 0,0,196,204,etc..
        my ($conf,$rest)= split(/\|/,$_) ;
        print "Conf is $conf \n";
        print "Rest is $rest \n";
           push(@array1, $conf );
           push (@array2, $rest);
           print "Array 1 is @array1 \n";
           print "Array 2 is @array2 \n";
    }
           $conf = highest(@array1);
        my $i=0;
#I want the index value of the element that contains the highest conf 
+value..in this case 204
        for (@myarray1) { last if $conf eq $_; $i++; };
        print "$conf=$i\n";
  #I want to print the rest of the string that was split   in  the sam
+e index position,
         $rest = @array2[$i];
         print "Rest is $rest \n";
            

# To get the higest conf value
sub highest {

my  @data = @_;
  my $high = 0;
for(@data) {
      $high = $_ if $_ > $high;
  }
  $high;
}

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I tried this..but I'm not getting anywhere close to the output that I need... THanks, Perllace

In reply to Re^3: (weird dup - please reap) Parsing and Obtaining Values from output by Perllace
in thread Parsing and Obtaining Values from output by Perllace

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