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using Schwartzian Transform to sort a data file by fields
Thanks KevinADC and mikevh! It works perfectly! -
using Schwartzian Transform to sort a data file by fields
mikevh, here's a sample of the unsorted file: John, Doe, jdoe@rl.af.mil, Bethel College, Public Affairs, 56RF, 1984, History/German Jane, Simmons, , Saint Mary's College, Medical Corps, 45MC, 1999, Nursing/Business Joe, Schmoe, jschmo@nd.edu, University of Notre Dame, Medical Corps, 34MC, 2004... -
using Schwartzian Transform to sort a data file by fields
Hello, I'm still new at Perl and I'm trying to understand how to effectively implement the Schwartzian Transform on a data file. Here's what I'm trying to do my $test_file = "../data/data_file"; open TEST, "<$test_file"; my @test_sort = <TEST>; close TEST; my @arr = map {$_->[1]} sort... -
Sorting fields in a data file without a hash and without Schwartz
KevinADC, I think you're right--I am confused. In the Schwartz method, do I have to copy the whole data file at the end of the program, or does my data file just need to have the <DATA> designator at the top when I open it? To answer your question icrf, the data is stored in the following... -
Sorting fields in a data file without a hash and without Schwartz
Hello, I am having a similar problem as ljsmith91. I'm using perl to write to a data file and I want to be able to sort the lines based upon a sort parameter the user defines. The field names are first name, last name, email, school, and so on. For now, a hash is fine for our purposes because we... -
Sorting Data by Field
Hello, I am having a similar problem as ljsmith91. I'm using perl to write to a data file and I want to be able to sort the lines based upon a sort parameter the user defines. The field names are first name, last name, email, school, and so on. For now, a hash is fine for our purposes because we... -
Newbie needs to know why script won't write to a file
Hi, I'm relatively new to perl, so my code is a little rough around the edges. I'm trying to create an alumni 'database' for my school and I got my form to send the variables to a perl script, but for some reason, I can't get my script to write the variables to a file...I created a function...
