Jamin:
You might try modifying a standard sort/merge operation. A brief pseudocode description is:
SortByBugID("BugDescriptions","BugDescriptions.s");
SortByBugID("BugComments","BugComments.s");
BD = open "<BugDescriptions.s"
COM = open "<BugComments.s"
OUT = open ">ResultFile"
curBD = <BD>
curCOM = <COM>
while !BD.eof && !COM.eof {
if curBD.BugID < curCOM.BugID {
write OUT, curBD
curBD = <BD>
}
elsif curBD.BugID == curCOM.BugID {
curBD.Comment .= curCOM.Comment
curCOM = <COM>
}
else {
die "Missing bug description?"
}
}
If you're interested in this method, I have an earlier node with working code for a similar problem.
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