--- "Charles K. Clarkson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stuart White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > : > : I'm having trouble returning a hash from a > subroutine, > : and an array from a different subroutine. > "Beginning > : Perl" said I could return a list, I can't get it > to > : work. Must the hash and array really be a > reference > : to the hash and array in order to return them? > > > Stuart, I think there is an easier way to > approach > your solution. Is there any situation in which a > line > needing to be parsed will contain a team that is > /not/ > on your list of teams? >
No. All teams are accounted for. > Can you give us all the big picture? Tell us > what > your project is and let us help you solve that > instead > of these small snippets. If you can, give us a > sample > of the input data (about 10 or 20 lines), tell us > what > you expect and how you have decided to get there. > We'll > be able to help you get there with perl. > Ok, fair enough. I figured the small snippets, how to print an array, how to split a string etc., was better as it was more focused, and would apply to not just the one example. Here's 25 lines of sample input: ------------------ Spurs 94, Suns 82 4/29/2003 SBC Center, San Antonio, TX Officials: #16 Ted Bernhardt , #33 Sean Corbin , #15 Bennett Salvatore 1st Period (12:00) Jump Ball Robinson vs Williams (11:41) [PHX] Marion Turnaround Jump: Missed (11:40) [SAN] Robinson Rebound (Off:0 Def:1) (11:23) [SAN 2-0] Bowen Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Parker (1 AST) (11:10) [PHX] Marbury Jump Shot: Missed (11:08) [PHX] Marion Rebound (Off:1 Def:0) (11:07) [PHX] Marion Jump Shot: Missed (11:05) [SAN] Robinson Rebound (Off:0 Def:2) (10:51) [SAN 4-0] Jackson Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Duncan (1 AST) (10:32) [PHX] Marion Turnover: Bad Pass (1 TO) (10:23) [SAN] Jackson Jump Shot: Missed Block: Hardaway (1 BLK) (10:20) [PHX] Stoudemire Rebound (Off:0 Def:1) (10:18) [PHX] Stoudemire Turnover: Lost Ball (1 TO) Steal: Jackson (1 ST) (10:09) [SAN] Duncan Turnover: Bad Pass (1 TO) (10:03) [PHX] Marbury Reverse Layup: Missed (10:00) [SAN] Duncan Rebound (Off:0 Def:1) (9:43) [SAN] Duncan Jump Shot: Missed Block: Stoudemire (1 BLK) (9:41) [SAN] Team Rebound (9:33) [SAN] Duncan Layup Shot: Missed Block: Stoudemire (2 BLK) (9:31) [SAN] Duncan Rebound (Off:1 Def:1) (9:31) [PHX] Williams Foul: Personal (1 PF) ------------ The big picture is creating a box score. the categories are points, offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds, assists, steals, turnovers, field goals attempted, field goals made, blocks and fouls. > I assume you are doing this at least partially > as > an exercise to learn perl and my intent is not to do > the script for you, but a little more information > would > aid me not pushing you into the wrong direction. > Yes, the goal is to learn perl, and to write a program that is big enough to be challenging, interesting, and uses most, if not all of the building blocks, (or at least what I'd call building blocks: scalars, arrays, hashes, reading files, control structures, regex, subroutines, and references. Good, I'm not looking for anyone to write the program for me, as that isn't too helpful in learning. I just need some help along the way. I plan on getting to the end by writing small programs that parse the lines for the different categories. Then, I plan on putting them all together, either as includes into one main, or cutting and pasting them into one file. I expect to use a lot of regular expressions to parse the files, and some hashes, arrays, and perhaps a bit more complex data structures like ArraysOfArrays, or HashesOfHashes, to store the information. Does that help? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
