Hello people, Can any one please help me. I have 2 hashes, hashA and hashB, the keys in both cases, are made up of a mixture of numbers and words etc. But the keys are differnt so I presume I cannot use if exits or if defined.
Is there anyway of check to see if the words and numbers making up the keys of hashB are present in the keys of hashA? ie: initially I check if a certain word is present in key of hashA, such as "if ( $key =~ /WORD1/ ) { .... then the key of hashA looks like: "12334RET 456 WORD1 W56778 sp_entry 14 30 0.001 T" (the value for this key is say "1234.1") and the corresponding key of hashB looks like: "1234.1 A1 sp_entry 14 30 0.001" (the value for this key is say "1234.1.A1" ) What I am trying is if the key of hashA contain s "sp_entry" && "14" && "30" && "0.001" ; then to print the value held by the current key of hashB ("1234.1.A1") followed by the entire current key of hashA ("12334RET 456 WORD1 W56778 sp_entry 14 30 0.001 T") so that the final output is: "1234.1.A1 12334RET 456 WORD1 W56778 sp_entry 14 30 0.001 T" (all on the same line). The mixture of words and numbers in the keys are seperated by a tab. Thanks in advance for reading and reading with a reply. cheers all, amal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]