RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Perl Question

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

   date   ,    name   ,    company    , reg #
"03242002","something","somethingelse","1005"

should have been
   date   ~    name   ~    company    ~ reg #
"03242002"~"something"~"somethingelse"~"1005"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ross, Matt [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 12:40 PM
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Perl Question
> 
> 
> I figure I'll have this worked out before I get a reply, but 
> just thought
> I'd give the group something to play with.  I've got a Tilde 
> Separated Value
> text file that I'm using in log-style.
>    date   ,    name   ,    company    , reg #
> "03242002","something","somethingelse","1005"
> 
> When I'm adding a new one, I can compare new-name with all 
> the existing
> items in the second column, and company with all the existing 
> items in the
> third column, and thus make sure I'm not duplicating my 
> efforts, however, is
> there an easier/quicker/better way to do this, keeping in 
> mind that its
> database-destined values.
> 
> Right now I've got:
> #$newname is from CGI
> #$name is from the second value in the current $_ string
> # broken into a hash
> #$newcompany is from CGI
> #$company is from the third value in the current $_ 
> # string broken into a hash
> #$isdup is a value to record if the values are already
> # in the file defaulted to 0.
> 
> if ($newname = $name) {
> if ($newcompany = $company) {
> $isdup = 1;
> } }
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