Hi there, i have been trying different methods and i wonder if somebody could explain to me how i would perform a comparison on two arrays for example
I have two arrays above, and i want to something like this
the code above does not work, but hopefully, you'll get from it the general idea of what im trying to do.. the line that is bugging me is the one directly under the "for" statement ....i know that line is screwed but i cant seem to work out how to test the existence of the $name variable in the other array
its probably a really simple fix to my above code but any help on this would be greatly appreciated
Last edited by hcclnoodles; 09-06-2009 at 04:28 PM..
Is there anyway that I can compare two Arrays to see if any new strings have been added in them? eg:
Array 1: Joe Bob Jane
Array 2: Joe Bob Jane Greg
It would then output a new array with the changes:
Array 3: Greg
I'm not very good at shell scripting, and my google and forum searches... (4 Replies)
I want to append a decimal number to a string. But I want to restrict the number to only 2 decimal points
for e.g:
my $output = "\n The number is = ";
my $number = 2.3333333;
$output = $output . $number;
But I want the $output as: "The number is = 2.33"; and not 2.3333333
(I do not... (1 Reply)
Hi there,
im having issue with comparing two variables, in a bash script.
im trying to do the following:
- get a word from user 1
- split the word into array
- get a character from user2
trying to compare the character entered by user 2 with every single character in the array... (2 Replies)
Hi all,
I am trying to compare two arrays in perl using the following code.
foreach $item (@arrayA){
push(@arrayC, $item) unless grep(/$item/, @arrayB); ... (1 Reply)
I am totally new to perl. I am modifying someone else's script. I have the following output:
# ./some-perlscript
A
B
C
D
E
B - E, is generated through the print command that I put in the script. I want to remove A, it seems it is generated automatically by a custom OS it is querying when... (3 Replies)
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Problem
Part 1.
Gather data from linux server and output to a file named data_DDMMYY
Output file must contain the file name and size
Part 2.
Compare todays data_DDMMYY to yesterdays data_DDMMYY and output results to a file named difference_DDMMYY
Output file must show the difference in... (3 Replies)
Hi ,
I just write a simple function to read the file line by line.
But when I run it it says out of memory.
I am not sure about the root cause, Can someone help me out of this?
:D
#! /usr/bin/perl
use strict;
sub checkAPs{
my $NDPDir = "/home/eweiqqu/NCB/NDP_files/";
... (1 Reply)
I'm trying to compare 2 array and print the difference at a 3rd file. However how am i going to compare this 2 arrays by ignoring certain patterns:
For example:
1st array contains:
ctahci
cptcsa0
ctsata:25:seed
cptcsa1:50:seed
ctsata_1:25:seed
2nd array contains:
cptcsa0
ctsata... (0 Replies)
Hello,
I'm completely new to Perl and I'm just looking for a quick answer to some code I'm trying to come up with. I'm trying to access a website, part of the URL I want the user to be able to define via standard input. As you can see below I'm still trying to get the syntax.
... (2 Replies)
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data::compare::plugins
Data::Compare::Plugins(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Data::Compare::Plugins(3)NAME
Data::Compare::Plugins - how to extend Data::Compare
DESCRIPTION
Data::Compare natively handles several built-in data types - scalars, references to scalars, references to arrays, references to hashes,
references to subroutines, compiled regular expressions, and globs. For objects, it tries to Do The Right Thing and compares the
underlying data type. However, this is not always what you want. This is especially true if you have complex objects which overload
stringification and/or numification.
Hence we allow for plugins.
FINDING PLUGINS
Data::Compare will try to load any module installed on your system under the various @INC/Data/Compare/Plugins/ directories. If there is a
problem loading any of them, an appropriate warning will be issued.
Because of how we find plugins, no plugins are available when running in "taint" mode.
WRITING PLUGINS
Internally, plugins are "require"d into Data::Compare. This means that they need to evaluate to true. We make use of that true value.
Where normally you just put:
1;
at the end of an included file, you should instead ensure that you return a reference to an array. This is treated as being true so
satisfies perl, and is a damned sight more useful.
Inside that array should be either a description of what this plugin is to do, or references to several arrays containing such
descriptions. A description consists of two or three items. First a string telling us what the first data-type handled by your plugin is.
Second, (and optional, defaulting to the same as the first) the second data-type to compare. To handle comparisons to ordinary scalars,
give the empty string for the data-type, ie:
['MyType', '', sub { ...}]
Third and last, we need a reference to the subroutine which does the comparison. That subroutine should expect to take two parameters,
which will be of the specified type. It should return 1 if they compare the same, or 0 if they compare different.
Be aware that while you might give a description like:
['Type1', 'Type2', sub { ... }]
this will handle both comparing Type1 to Type2, and comparing Type2 to Type1. ie, comparison is commutative.
If you want to use Data::Compare's own comparison function from within your handler (to, for example, compare a data structure that you
have stored somewhere in your object) then you will need to call it as Data::Compare::Compare. However, you must be careful to avoid
infinite recursion by calling D::C::Compare which in turn calls back to your handler.
The name of your plugins does not matter, only that it lives in one of those directories. Of course, giving it a sensible name means that
the usual installation mechanisms will put it in the right place, and meaningful names will make it easier to debug your code.
For an example, look at the plugin that handles Scalar::Properties objects, which is distributed with Data::Compare.
DISTRIBUTION
Provided that the above rules are followed I see no reason for you to not upload your plugin to the CPAN yourself. You will need to make
Data::Compare a pre-requisite, so that the CPAN.pm installer does the right thing.
Alternatively, if you would prefer me to roll your plugin in with the Data::Compare distribution, I'd be happy to do so provided that the
code is clear and well-commented, and that you include tests and documentation.
SEE ALSO
Data::Compare
Data::Compare::Plugins::Scalar::Properties
AUTHOR
Copyright (c) 2004 David Cantrell <david@cantrell.org.uk>. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.16.2 2009-03-07 Data::Compare::Plugins(3)