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From: JupiterHost.Net [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 6:12 PM
To: beginners@perl.org
Subject: Re: Counting & arrays
Michael Gargiullo wrote:
> It's been a while since I've used Perl and I need some help with a
> multidimensional array.
AKA a HASH :) You want a hash not an array :)
> I have a file that I need to compile some stats on.
>
> I need to keep track of 'actions' and 'rules'. Yes, stats from a
> firewall.
>
> Both 'actions' and 'rules' need to be dynamic so if a rule is added,
> it's automatically dealt with.
>
> As I loop through the file I have both the current action and rule as
a
> variable.
>
> I've tried to store them several ways...
>
>
> my @actionrule;
> $actionrule[$action][$rule]++;
$actionrule{$action}{$rule}++;
> I need some kind of loop to extract the data. I also need to know what
> the action and rule of each count is.
for my $action (keys %actionrule) {
print "Action is: $action\n";
for my $rule (keys %{ $actionrule{$action} }) {
print "\tRule is: $rule\n";
print "\t\tand its count is: $actionrule{$action}{$rule}\n";
}
}
THANK YOU!!
This works beautifully! I was pulling my hair out.
Thanks again
-Mike
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