Re^2: database sorter script

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Re^3: database sorter script by bart (Canon) on Dec 06, 2004 at 12:35 UTC
Then you'll have to go through the records, using grep if you want to filter the whole list at once, or using `if` if going through them one at a time. Assuming you have a hash per record: One at a time: `my @section; while(my $r = $db->fetchrow) { push @section, $r if $r->{name} =~ /^A/i; }` [download] All at once: `my @section = grep { $_->{name} =~ /^A/i } $db->fetchrows;` [download] This is pseudocode, you must fill in the details on how to get the data from the flatfile, yourself.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: database sorter script by tachyon (Chancellor) on Dec 06, 2004 at 12:36 UTC
Assuming it is relatively small and unsorted by default: `#!/usr/bin/perl -w my $db = '/some/file'; my $letter = 'Y'; open DB, $db or die "Can't read $db: $!\n"; my @matches; while(<DB>){ push @matches, $_ if m/^$letter/i; } close DB; print sort @matches;` [download] Or more succinctly on *nix: `$ grep -i -e ^Y db.file \| sort` [download] cheers tachyon	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: database sorter script by santander (Acolyte) on Dec 06, 2004 at 13:09 UTC
To be more detail, database contain near 9000 records; top part contains some 'digital' names, then goes a normal alphabet. example: 666 666 Active 040 Feat Erica Baxter 16B 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor 2 Eivissa 2 Unlimited 20 Fingers 2Pac 3-O-Matic 4 Clubbers 4-2 The Floor 60 Minute Man A Trance Communications Classic A. Kay B.J. A.D.A.M. Feat. Amy A1 Aaliyah AB Logic ABBA Above and Beyond Accela …	[reply]
Re^3: database sorter script by hmerrill (Friar) on Dec 06, 2004 at 12:42 UTC
There are at least a few free real databases around - one being PostgreSQL. I'm not sure what MySQL's current license situation is, but it might be free as well. My advice is to convert your flat text file database into a real database so that you can use "LIKE" in your SELECT, something like this (as someone else already pointed out): `SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE author_last_name LIKE 'A%'` [download] Actually, if your flat file database is CSV (Comma Separated Value) or similar, you might be able to use Perl's DBI and DBD::CSV modules to do what you want, and you might be able to use a SELECT similar to the one above that uses the "LIKE", but I'm just speculating ;-) HTH.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: database sorter script by santander (Acolyte) on Dec 06, 2004 at 13:30 UTC
To be more detail, database contain near 9000 records; top part contains some 'digital' names, then goes a normal alphabet. example: 666 666 Active 040 Feat Erica Baxter 16B 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor 2 Eivissa 2 Unlimited 20 Fingers 2Pac 3-O-Matic 4 Clubbers 4-2 The Floor 60 Minute Man A Trance Communications Classic A. Kay B.J. A.D.A.M. Feat. Amy A1 Aaliyah AB Logic ABBA Above and Beyond Accela … ...	[reply]
Re^5: database sorter script by hmerrill (Friar) on Dec 06, 2004 at 14:12 UTC
Your original message said your flat file database was a "Books" database where each book was listed with Author's Last Name and First Name - I don't see that in this data that you posted. How is your data organized? What data is present there? Where is the Book title? Where is the book author last name, first name?	[reply]
Re^6: database sorter script by santander (Acolyte) on Dec 06, 2004 at 16:03 UTC
Re^3: database sorter script by thor (Priest) on Dec 06, 2004 at 12:40 UTC
A way to do this would be like this: `my $letter = "B"; open(my $in, "input_file") or die "Couldn't open file for read: $!"; while(<$in>) { print if m/^$letter/; }` [download] You could improve it slightly by stopping once you're done processing a certain letter, but I leave that as an exercise to the reader...:) thor `Feel the white light, the light within Be your own disciple, fan the sparks of will For all of us waiting, your kingdom will come`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: database sorter script by jZed (Prior) on Dec 06, 2004 at 20:39 UTC
If it's a flatfile database, then either convert it to SQLite or Pg or use DBD::CSV or DBD::AnyData directly on the flatfile. With those two DBDS you can use "SELECT $cols FROM $table WHERE $field LIKE 'A%' ORDER BY $field" on a flatfile. If you don't care about the case of the letter use UPPER($field), otherwise it will find only "Ant", not "ant".	[reply]