Re: I need a perl script to make every instance of a repeated word unique

If the ID is missing, then maybe you should not insert it into your table. I presume you are talking about a database here ...are you? Another alternative would be to add an auto incremented column and let your database insert the unique IDs for you.

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Re^2: I need a perl script to make every instance of a repeated word unique by Renyulb28 (Novice) on Jan 28, 2011 at 21:41 UTC
While the ID is missing, each entry is still important to keep in the file since it is a reference file associated with another data file. Thus, the analysis program will read the undefined ID as missing, but it still needs it there to keep the two files consistent. I have the reference file as a text file right now with tab delimited formate, and would like to know if there is a simple solution to making each rsundefined unique as that would solve the problem by itself	[reply]

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Re^2: I need a perl script to make every instance of a repeated word unique
by Renyulb28 (Novice) on Jan 28, 2011 at 21:41 UTC

While the ID is missing, each entry is still important to keep in the file since it is a reference file associated with another data file. Thus, the analysis program will read the undefined ID as missing, but it still needs it there to keep the two files consistent. I have the reference file as a text file right now with tab delimited formate, and would like to know if there is a simple solution to making each rsundefined unique as that would solve the problem by itself

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