use strict;
use warnings;
use Regexp::Common;
my %numbers;
open my $fh, '<', 'numbersFile.txt' or die $!;
while (<$fh>) {
$numbers{$1}++ while /($RE{num}{real})/g;
}
close $fh;
print "Number: $_\tCount: $numbers{$_}\n"
for sort { $a <=> $b } keys %numbers;
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12.7 abce -3.14 21
This is a line with 8 words in it.
10000 is a big number.
Looks like 21 and 12.7 again.
5 + 7 = 12
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Number: -3.14 Count: 1
Number: 5 Count: 1
Number: 7 Count: 1
Number: 8 Count: 1
Number: 12 Count: 1
Number: 12.7 Count: 2
Number: 21 Count: 2
Number: 10000 Count: 1