in reply to Parsing a file comprising blocks and comparing the blocks

I do not understand why it is necessary to distinguish between two different blocks. does "appropriate" mean that the block_ids must be the same? if yes, why not 
# A type A block
block_id=1
magic=true
unlikeliness=2
colour=green
warty=false
horns=1

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It would simplify the parsing. Otherwise (I assume you then compare the blocks pairwise), then your array of hashes approach seems to be the best choice. Maybe some of the myriad of Config::* modules on cpan could help.

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Re^2: Parsing a file comprising blocks and comparing the blocks
by loris (Hermit) on Aug 15, 2006 at 12:29 UTC

    The separation into different block types is because there are far fewer of Type A than of Type B. Thus, the actual test cases could be:

    A1-B1
A1-B2
A1-B3
...
A1-B99
A2-B1
...
A2-B999

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    So the blocks types form a hierarchy. I hope that makes the problem clearer.

    In any case, thanks for the hint about the Config::* modules - I hadn't been aware of them.

    loris

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