Hello everyone, Thanks to everyone who helped with my last problem last week. I've hit a snag in another problem this week.
I need to parse the following data: "COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME UPC#: 0-84296-22922-2"||||||"COUNTRY FEMALE PARTY SONGS VOL. 2 UPC#: 0-84296-28682-9"||||||"COUNTRY MALE PARTY SONGS VOL. 2 UPC#: 0-84296-28652-2"||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| TRACK|||"MADE FAMOUS BY"|||TRACK|||"MADE FAMOUS BY"|||TRACK|||"MADE FAMOUS BY" " 1. CRAZY"|||"PATSY CLINE"|||" 1. SOME DAYS YOU GOTTA DANCE"|||"DIXIE CHICKS"|||" 1. THE LONG GOODBYE"|||"BROOKS & DUNN" " 2. ANGELS AMONG US"|||ALABAMA|||" 2. BLESSED"|||"MARTINA McBRIDE"|||" 2. MY LIST"|||"TOBY KEITH" " 3. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU"|||"DOLLY PARTON"|||" 3. BRING ON THE RAIN"|||"JO DEE MESSINA W/ TIM McGRAW"|||" 3. THE COWBOY IN ME"|||"TIM McGRAW" " 4. ON THE ROAD AGAIN"|||"WILLIE NELSON"|||" 4. CAN'T FIGHT THE MOONLIGHT"|||"LEANN RIMES"|||" 4. I BREATHE IN, I BREATHE OUT"|||"CHRIS CAGLE" " 5. STAND BY YOUR MAN"|||"TAMMY WYNETTE"|||" 5. I'LL FLY AWAY"|||"ALISON KRAUSS W/ GILLIAN WELCH"|||" 5. YOUNG"|||"KENNY CHESNEY" " 6. FOREVER AND EVER AMEN"|||"RANDY TRAVIS"|||" 6. I HOPE YOU DANCE"|||"LEE ANN WOMACK"|||" 6. GOOD MORNING BEAUTIFUL"|||"STEVE HOLY" " 7. SMALL TOWN GIRL"|||"STEVE WARINER"|||" 7. I KEEP LOOKING"|||"SARA EVANS"|||" 7. WRAPPED AROUND"|||"BRAD PAISLEY" " 8. GRANDPA"|||"THE JUDDS"|||" 8. WHEN YOU LIE NEXT TO ME"|||"KELLIE COFFEY"|||" 8. THAT'S WHEN I LOVE YOU"|||"PHIL VASSAR" " 9. BORN TO BOOGIE"|||"HANK WILLIAMS, JR."|||" 9. DOWNTIME"|||"JO DEE MESSINA"|||" 9. WHAT IF SHE'S AN ANGEL"|||"TOMMY SHANE STEINER" "10. YOU NEEDED ME"|||"ANNE MURRAY"|||"10. MAYBE, MAYBE NOT"|||"MINDY McCREADY"|||"10. MODERN DAY BONNIE & CLYDE"|||"TRAVIS TRITT" "11. THE GAMBLER"|||"KENNY ROGERS"|||"11. INSIDE OUT"|||"TRISHA YEARWOOD"|||"11. IN ANOTHER WORLD"|||"JOE DIFFIE" "12. I FALL TO PIECES"|||"PATSY CLINE"|||"12. THERE YOU'LL BE"|||"FAITH HILL"|||"12. I AM A MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW"|||"SOGGY BOTTOM BOYS" "13. SNAP YOUR FINGERS"|||"RONNIE MILSAP"|||"13. I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO"|||"CAROLYN DAWN JOHNSON"|||"13. WRAPPED UP IN YOU"|||"GARTH BROOKS" "14. TWO MORE BOTTLES OF WINE"|||"EMMYLOU HARRIS"|||"14. I NEED YOU"|||"LEANN RIMES"|||"14. NOT A DAY GOES BY"|||LONESTAR "15. OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY"|||"GEORGE STRAIT"|||"15. WHAT I REALLY MEANT TO SAY"|||"CYNDI THOMSON"|||"15. I SHOULD BE SLEEPING"|||"EMERSON DRIVE" "16. SOME KIND OF TROUBLE"|||"TANYA TUCKER"|||"16. THAT'S THE WAY"|||"JO DEE MESSINA"|||"16. I WANNA TALK ABOUT ME"|||"TOBY KEITH Now, let me explain the data. There are 3 albums here. The titles and UPC's are in the first line. I have a loop that separates the title and the piece of the UPC that I need and puts it into a hash. my %titles = (); while(<KB>) { my @songs; my @artist; my @line = split/\|/,$_; foreach ($line[0], $line[6], $line[12]) { if($_ $_ =~ s/"//g; $_ =~ /^(.*?)\s+UPC#:\s+0-84296-(\d+)-\d/g; my $title = $1; my $upc = $2; $titles{$upc}{title} = $title; } } Then the rest of the lines are "Tracks" and "Artists". What I need to do is get the appropriate tracks and artists in respective (@tracks, @artists) arrays inside the hash. Basically, I need to know how to write code that does this: Get the 3 albums to be processed, put title in hash with UPC as key (done with code above) Parse next 16 lines (3 tracks and artists on each line) and associate them with the proper song & artist arrays in the hash. I know this is rather confusing, but any help is appreciated! Kevin -- Kevin Old <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]