Thanks Michel, I found it! But I just have one question before trying it out. Isn't the key order in a hash randomised, which in this case means I wouldn't get first column in numerical order as I wanted?
Marcus On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 10:31, EUROSPACE SZARINDAR wrote: > Hi Marcus > > Just look at the perldoc perlreftut. What you are looking for is the exact > exemple of the paper. > > Michel > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De: Marcus Claesson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: jeudi 18 septembre 2003 11:26 > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet: list-parsing problem > > > Hi People, > > I have a silly little list-parsing problem that I can't get my head > around, and I'm sure some of you have come across it before. > > I have a list like this: > > 1 a > 2 b > 2 c > 3 a > 4 d > 4 d > 4 e > 4 f > 5 g > > and I want to make the first column non-redundant and collect the second > column values on the same line, like this: > > 1 a > 2 b,c > 3 a > 4 d,e,f > 5 g > > Please note that line 4 only has one 'd'. > > I've tried with both hashes and arrays (don't want to confuse you so I > won't display them here), but nothing really works... > > I would really appreciate any help! > > Marcus > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
