Timothy, Yes, thanks!
"Timothy Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message C0FD5BECE2F0C84EAA97D7300A500D50046DC99B@SMILEY">news:C0FD5BECE2F0C84EAA97D7300A500D50046DC99B@SMILEY... > > Do you mean something like this? > > #################################### > open(LOG,"log.txt"); > my %errs = (); > while(<LOG>){ > chomp $_; > my($details,$err) = split(/\|/,$_); > $err =~ s/^\s+//; > $errs{$err}++ if $err; > } > > print "Total for each error:\n"; > print "---------------------\n\n"; > > foreach(sort keys %errs){ > print "$_.....$errs{$_}\n"; > } > > #################################### > > That will split each line on a pipe, then remove whitespaces at the > beginning of the variable, then store it as a hash key. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Steinberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:17 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: How to replace a literal with a variable > > > Here is what I need. I hope this explains it better. > > I have a script which creates a report for No Listings Found errors. I'd > like to adapt it to create a report for any "ERR " code condition in the > log. The errors and values are below. TIA! > > >>>Error | Value<<< > > city not in state | TSE > > ZIP not in state | ZSE > > ZIP not in city | ZTE > > can't find address in distance search | BAD > > not enough address info in distance search | DBK > > keyword but no category or name | KEY > > more than one address in distance search | MUL > > network problem | NET > > no such category | CAT > > no such category and no such city | NCC > > no such category and city not in state | NCG > > no such city | CIT > > no listings found | NLF > > no listings found and no such phone number | NSP > > no fields, state only, or no state | NST > > no such state | NSS > > no such ZIP | ZIP > > only one phone field | PHN > > too many listings | TML > > search timeout | TIM > > no state and no ZIP | MSZ > > no coverage | MCV > > search failure | MSF > > failure to connect to server | MSV > > unknown error ("oops" page) | UNK > > no results found | NRF > > "Nkuipers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > I'm probably not understanding what exactly you need....but...as I see it, > > $err holds whatever error message that you captured with a regex. So if > you > > want to make a variable with the same name as the literal, dereference a > > variable with the name held in $err and the new var will autovivify: > > > > ($err) = ( $line =~ / ERR (\w+) /i ); > > my $$err; > > > > I think. > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]