Ash Varma wrote:
> Hi..
>
> I have 2 files of data..
>
> File 1 = id,name
>
> eg:
>
> 0001, J Smith
> 0002, J Smithers
> 0003 J Smith Thomas
>
>
> File 2 = general text, with names recorded at different locations..
>
> eg.
>
> This is random text for with J Smith, J Smithers and J Smith Thomas
>
What does your general data look like? Depending on how one can break
out the data, might give insight on how to do the changes.
Wags ;)
> I am trying to replace all J Smiths with J Smith 0001 and J Smithers
> with J Smithers 0002, etc...
>
> I cannot use:
>
> for ($i=0;$i<=$#id;$i++) {
> $randomtext =~ s/$name[$i]/$name[$i] $id[$i]/g
> }
>
> This does not give the desired result... Gives names with dual IDs, or
> incorrect IDs..
>
> Any hints on how I can solve this..
>
> Thanks
> Ash
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