just to make sure i understand your programming template:

the first part does something similar to my program and splits the data according to commas, then has a space where i can count the occurrences of numbers following a label? I considered using the count function and looking for instances of \D\d{0,3}, but i don't see how to limit the count to only the area between the label and the comma. However, this doesn't really shed any light on how i can store the multiple instances of "A" in one line as seperate values.

edit: now i've gotten it to count the number by having it search for \D\d{1,3}, and then storing that value to a hash with the key being the label. Every line i recheck the count, and if its greater, i replace the old value.