Re^3: check for date and time

try something like;

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my %idhash;
my @ids;
foreach (@id_list){
   #split up your input line into something useful
   @ids = split (/-->/,$_);
   # check to see if that date is already in your hash and if it is ne
+wer
   if(defined($idhash{$ids[1]}) &&
   $idhash{$ids[1]} >= $ids[2]){
      next
   }else{
      #populate your hash
      $idhash{$ids[1]} = $ids[2];
   }
}
#then print your dates from the hash using foreach key
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Re^4: check for date and time by Anonymous Monk on Feb 26, 2010 at 11:11 UTC
#!/usr/bin/perl use XML::Simple; @files = `ls`; use XML::Parser; foreach $input_file (@files){ my $xml_parser = XML::Simple->new(); my $data = $xml_parser->XMLin($input_file); my $date = $data->{'root'}->{'date'}; my $time = $data->{'root'}->{'time'}; } [download] How to store only one date file which has large date and time	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: check for date and time by colwellj (Monk) on Feb 28, 2010 at 23:03 UTC
What have you tried? If you want to reference the date and time you could look at a structure of arrays or if you want to search by date, hashes. Most of the monks here will be happier to help if you show what you tried.	[reply]