unique elements in an array...complex data

2002-12-02 Thread Ben Crane
Hi, %arb=(); foreach(@contents) { $fnd{$_}=1; } @unique=keys %arb; this gets unique values from an array...but I want to find unique records BASED on one column!. e.g. if a CSV contains road_name, road_number, etc. and I want to just check for unique values for road_name. how do i do that, as

unique elements in an array...complex data

2002-12-02 Thread Ben Crane
Hi, %arb=(); foreach(@contents) { $fnd{$_}=1; } @unique=keys %arb; this gets unique values from an array...but I want to find unique records BASED on one column!. e.g. if a CSV contains road_name, road_number, etc. and I want to just check for unique values for road_name. how do i do that, as