#! perl use strict; use warnings; use feature 'switch'; { my %h; populate (\%h); stringify (\%h); print_view(\%h); } sub populate { my ($h) = @_; while () { my ($date, $type, $word) = split /\s+\|\s+/; chomp $word; unless (exists $h->{$date}) { $h->{$date}{woody_words} = []; $h->{$date}{tinny_words} = []; } given ($type) { when ('woody') { push @{ $h->{$date}{woody_words} }, $word; } when ('tinny') { push @{ $h->{$date}{tinny_words} }, $word; } default { warn "Datum '$word' of unknown type '$type'"; } } } } sub stringify { my ($h) = @_; for (keys %$h) { $h->{$_}{woody_str} = join(', ', sort @{ $h->{$_}{woody_words} }); $h->{$_}{tinny_str} = join(', ', sort @{ $h->{$_}{tinny_words} }); } } sub print_view { my ($h) = @_; my $max = 0; for (keys %$h) { my $woody_str = $h->{$_}{woody_str}; my $new_length = length $woody_str; $max = $new_length if defined $woody_str && $new_length > $max; } printf " date | %-*s | tinny words\n", $max, 'woody words'; printf "-------------+-%s-+-------------\n", '-' x $max; printf "%s %-*s %s\n", $_, $max, $h->{$_}{woody_str}, $h->{$_}{tinny_str} for sort { cmp_dates() } keys %$h; } { my %months; BEGIN { %months = (Jan => 1, Feb => 2, Mar => 3, Apr => 4, May => 5, Jun => 6, Jul => 7, Aug => 8, Sep => 9, Oct => 10, Nov => 11, Dec => 12); } sub cmp_dates { my ($day_a, $mon_a) = $a =~ /^(\d{1,2}) (\w{3})/; my ($day_b, $mon_b) = $b =~ /^(\d{1,2}) (\w{3})/; return ($months{$mon_a} < $months{$mon_b}) ? -1 : ($months{$mon_a} > $months{$mon_b}) ? +1 : ($day_a < $day_b) ? -1 : ($day_a > $day_b) ? +1 : 0; } } __DATA__ 28 Sep (Fri) | woody | caribou 28 Sep (Fri) | tinny | litterbin 29 Sep (Sat) | woody | wasp 29 Sep (Sat) | woody | yowling 29 Sep (Sat) | woody | gorn 30 Sep (Sun) | woody | intercourse 30 Sep (Sun) | woody | bound 30 Sep (Sun) | woody | pert 30 Sep (Sun) | tinny | newspaper 01 Oct (Mon) | woody | ocelot 01 Oct (Mon) | woody | concubine 01 Oct (Mon) | tinny | antelope 02 Oct (Tue) | woody | vole 02 Oct (Tue) | woody | sausage 03 Oct (Wed) | tinny | recidivist 03 Oct (Wed) | tinny | tit #### 23:09 >perl 345_SoPW.pl date | woody words | tinny words -------------+--------------------------+------------- 28 Sep (Fri) caribou litterbin 29 Sep (Sat) gorn, wasp, yowling 30 Sep (Sun) bound, intercourse, pert newspaper 01 Oct (Mon) concubine, ocelot antelope 02 Oct (Tue) sausage, vole 03 Oct (Wed) recidivist, tit 23:10 >