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# 1  
Old 07-05-2011
Join 2 separate strings into one with alternate tokens.

Hi,

I have two strings eg:
string1=abc|def|hij
string2=12|13|14

I want a new string with
string3="abc:12 def:13 hij:14"

I am using shell scripting. Is there any method to do this?

I tried using cut command but this wont advance the respective strings.
Can anybody help in this matter?
# 2  
Old 07-05-2011
Not a pure shell solution, however the following works
Code:
export string1="abc|def|hij"
export string2="12|13|14"
string3=$(perl -e '@f=split /\|/, $ENV{string1};@s=split /\|/, $ENV{string2};for (0..$#f){print "$f[$_]:$s[$_] "}')
echo $string3

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# 3  
Old 07-05-2011
Thanks.
It runs from the command line, but not from the script file.
Any idea?

I am running this script as
#!/bin/sh
# 4  
Old 07-05-2011
a pure shell (ksh) solution :
Code:
#!/usr/bin/ksh

string1='abc|def|hij'
string2='12|13|14'
string3=''

oIFS="${IFS}"
IFS='|'

set -A str1 ${string1}
set -A str2 ${string2}

IFS="${oIFS}"

cnt1=${#str1[*]}
cnt2=${#str2[*]}
(( cnt1 > cnt2 )) && cnt=${cnt1} || cnt=${cnt2}

while (( cnt > 0 ))
do
   (( cnt -= 1 ))
   string3="${str1[$cnt]}:${str2[$cnt]} ${string3}"
done

string3="${string3# }"
print "${string3}"

Jean-Pierre.
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# 5  
Old 07-05-2011
It worked fine in ksh. Thanks for the help.
But it gives wrong results for strings of different length.
Any idea to restrict it to the smaller string among the both?
# 6  
Old 07-05-2011
Code:
paste -d: <(echo $string1 | sed 's/\|/ /g' | xargs -n1) <(echo $string2 | sed 's/\|/ /g' | xargs -n1) | xargs

---------- Post updated at 12:07 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:06 PM ----------

Code:
[ctsgnb@shell ~/sand]$ echo $string1
abc|def|hij
[ctsgnb@shell ~/sand]$ echo $string2
12|13|14
[ctsgnb@shell ~/sand]$ paste -d: <(echo $string1 | sed 's/\|/ /g' | xargs -n1) <(echo $string2 | sed 's/\|/ /g' | xargs -n1) | xargs
abc:12 def:13 hij:14
[ctsgnb@shell ~/sand]$

---------- Post updated at 12:11 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:07 PM ----------

Code:
echo $string1 $string2 | sed 's/\|/ /g' | xargs -n1 | pr -2 -t -s: | xargs

Code:
$ echo $string1 $string2 | sed 's/\|/ /g' | xargs -n1 | pr -2 -t -s: | xargs
abc:12 def:13 hij:14

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# 7  
Old 07-05-2011
Or..
Code:
str3=$(echo "$str1 $str2" | sed 's/\(.*\)|\(.*\)|\(.*\) \(.*\)|\(.*\)|\(.*\)/\1:\4 \2:\5 \3:\6/')

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