Use a hash, something like the following code

my %erg = (); while(<DATA>) { my @row = split(/,/,$_); ++$erg{$row[3]}; } print $_ . ': ' . $erg{$_} . '<br />' . "\n" foreach (keys %erg); __DATA__ Auto,00883,pw00,DX,4/15/2004,10:12:59,1110046,1 Auto,00883,pw00,FA,4/15/2004,10:15:45,, Magic,006513,pw13,Login,4/15/2004,10:16:23,, Car Wash,006513,pw3h,Not Found,4/15/2004,10:16:57,1232246, Home and Auto,006513,pw6513,DI,4/15/2004,10:17:09,15134346,1 Auto,00883,pw00,FA,4/15/2004,10:17:17,, Home,006513,pw6513,Login,4/15/2004,10:17:38,, Home,006513,pw6513,DI,4/15/2004,10:17:44,151234326,1 Deal Time,006513,pw001,Login,4/15/2004,10:53:31,1, Car Wash,006513,pw3h,DI,4/15/2004,10:53:46,11238748,1 Magic,006513,pw13,Login,4/15/2004,11:01:25,0,
Edit: fixed missing right-curly.
Edit II: fixed spelling error, removed untested-remark.

regards,
tomte


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In reply to Re: Unique items in a text file by Tomte
in thread Unique items in a text file by Anonymous Monk

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