use strict; use warnings; use 5.12.00; die "usage: $0 [filename]\n" if (@ARGV > 1); # Set required fields and determine fixed widths my @fields = qw/Part Shape Color Size/; my $re; $re .= qr/(?<$_>$_\s*)/ for @fields; my $header = <>; die "Header must match " . join(' ', @fields) unless ($header =~ /^$re$/); my $expected_len = length($header); my $tmpl = join(' ', map { "A[".length($+{$_})."]" } @fields); my %inv; # Inventory; $inv{key(%rec)} while (<>) { if (length != $expected_len) { die sprintf("Got length of %d, expecting %d", length, $expected_len); } my @rec = map { /(.+?)\s*$/ } unpack $tmpl; # Get (trimmed) records my %rec = map { $_ => shift @rec } @fields; # Add the part to our inventory push @{$inv{key(%rec)}}, $rec{Part}; } # Now print out the inventory in the desired format for (sort keys %inv) { say join(' ',@{$inv{$_}}) . " - $_ - " . scalar @{$inv{$_}}; } # Our custom hashing function for inventory items. Expects %rec argument sub key { my %rec = @_; $rec{Shape} . $rec{Color} . $rec{Size}; }