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# 1  
Old 01-27-2012
Perl help

Hello all

I have a csv file filled with content like this
Code:
1111111|2222222|3333333
4444444|5555555|6666666
7777777|6666666|4444444

How can I read the content of the file and assign the first column value from each line as array element.

To be something like
Code:
@array = (1111111,4444444,777777)

your help is highly appreciated

Thank you

Last edited by Franklin52; 01-28-2012 at 04:43 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
# 2  
Old 01-27-2012
Code:
#! /usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my (@array);
open I, "< input";
push (@array, (split /\|/)[0]) for (<I>);
close I;
print "@array\n";

# 3  
Old 01-27-2012
Code:
$ perl -F"\|" -lane '{push (@a,$F[0])}END{foreach(@a){print "$_"}}' input.txt
1111111
4444444
7777777

# 4  
Old 01-27-2012
it worked like a charm for both examples!

Thank you so much!
# 5  
Old 01-27-2012
Code:
$
$ cat test.csv
1111111|2222222|3333333
4444444|5555555|6666666
7777777|6666666|4444444
$
$ perl -ne 's/\|.*//; push @x,$_; END{print for @x}' test.csv
1111111
4444444
7777777
$
$

tyler_durden
# 6  
Old 01-27-2012
Just another quick question ...

Assuming I'm pulling similar data from mysql can I incorporate the above with mysql while loop?

for example


Quote:
while (@row= $sqlQuery->fetchrow_array()) {

push ($query, (split /\|/)[0]) for (@row);

print "@query\n";
}

but its not quite working for me yet!

Last edited by amlife; 01-27-2012 at 11:40 AM..
# 7  
Old 01-27-2012
@balajesuri(Unix Perl Guru)
can you please explain me this line
Code:
push (@array, (split /\|/)[0]) for (<I>);


Last edited by Franklin52; 01-28-2012 at 04:44 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
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