The opening comment line (purpose of script) is a VERY good thing - keep that habit, and always start each new script with such commentary. Then, before writing the actual code, expand the comment to explain briefly how the program will accomplish the purpose. (Many times, the commentary may be as long as the code, or longer -- that can be a Good Thing.) For example: 
# First, read the long list of players and scores into a hash
# Then, read the short list of important players, and print
# their scores from the hash

open( LIST, "score" ) || die "can't open score file\n";
while (<LIST>) {
  chomp;
  ($name,$score) = split(/,/);
  $scores{$player} = $score;
}
open( TEAM, "player" ) || die "can't open player file\n";
while (<TEAM>) {
  chomp;
  print "$scores{$_} $_\n";
}

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There are ways to write the code more compactly, of course.

Is there any chance of two different teams having players named "John Smith" or some such? This would make it more challenging -- the large "score" file would need to be structured to make it clear who's on each team, and you would need to use that structure when reading it. (But then, if you're actually just interested in members of a chosen team, then you don't need a file listing that set of names -- you just need the name of the team.)

In reply to Re: help with extracting data by graff
in thread help with extracting data by perlinacan

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