Re^2: Adding the duplicate data using arrays

[changma_ha]

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[space_agent]

Just to sum it up. Here (.*) takes both columns as * is a greedy quantifier

and takes as much as possible and this is until the number (\d+) comes into play.

while (<DATA>) {
    m/(.*)\s+(\d+)/;
    $hash{$1} += $2; #$1 is the fruit $2 the number   
}

for my $fruit (keys %hash) {
    print "$fruit $hash{$fruit}\n";
}


__END__
Apple Grape 100
Ginger Fry 200
Apple Grape 80
Ginger Banana 800
Ginger Fry 150
Ginger Banana 45

[JavaFan]

Ah, but you don't really have three columns. You just have two columns, with the first column being "Apple Banana", etc.

[changma_ha]

Ok..JavaFan. If i have the data "Apple banana 100" if i split on the basis of "\s+" it will split Apple and Banana...so how can i split in such a way that "Apple Banana " is the key and "100" is the value...give me some wisdom

[JavaFan]

my ($fruit, $value) = "Apple banana 100" =~ /^(.*\S)\s+([0-9]+)/;