And, in an amzingly stupid manner, here's a correction to that code. sorry.
--- "Rev. Jonathan T Sage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> well, there may be more efficient means but something like this shoudl do the
> trick.
>
> sub returnkey {
> foreach $zipcode (keys %hash) {
> if ( $hash{$zipcode} eq $cityname ) { return $zipcode; }
> }
> }
>
> ~jon
>
> --- Big Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm converting a massive fixed width file to a delimited one, but the file
> > has some fields missing. It's my job to try to deduce the value of each
> > missing field from another one present in that line of the file. One
> > example is deducing the missing zip code given the city field.
> >
> > I have a hash of zipcode-city pairs. Since a city may have more than one
> > zip code, the zipcodes are the keys. If there is exactly 1 value in the
> > hash that matches the city in the line of the file, I need to get the key
> > for that value, but how can I do it?
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
> >
>
>
> =====
> ==========================================================
> "Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is
> real, and you're just a reflection of him?"
> - Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes)
> ==========================================================
> Rev. Jonathan T Sage [-WiSE-] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> HTTP://www.wisefreebsd.org
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35
> a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
=====
==========================================================
"Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is
real, and you're just a reflection of him?"
- Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes)
==========================================================
Rev. Jonathan T Sage [-WiSE-] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
HTTP://www.wisefreebsd.org
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35
a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
