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in thread Split output by tabs

is there a way of specifying certain columns to be printed? e.g the 10th,18th and 20th column?

One way to do it - use an array slice: 

{
  local $" = "\t";
  print $OUT map "@{$_}[10,18,20]\n", sort { $a->[10] cmp $b->[10] } @
+out;
}

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Re^4: Split output by tabs
by perlnoobster (Sexton) on Nov 13, 2012 at 09:52 UTC
    wow that is perfect, where can i read up on in regards to skipping blank/empty values when splitting arrays? :)
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      where can i read up on in regards to skipping blank/empty values when splitting arrays?

      Something is wrong wrt your question, since you don't split arrays, you slice or join them. Do you mean omitting empty fields splitting a record, or omitting empty/undefined array elements joining an array?

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        Sorry I meant, the original file (orders) has blank values in some columns, i'd like for them to be omitted from the results (orders_today.txt) i.e not printed, is that possible?
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