Re^2: using hashes

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Thanks Kenneth, I understand your code, but I may have more than one name in the same line, such as:

bananas,peaches,kiwis

peaches,peaches

pineapple

(...)

So we couldn't use that kind of cycling on the array positions, right? Or am I missing something?

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Re^3: using hashes by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Sep 26, 2013 at 16:17 UTC
... am I missing something? You're missing what BrowserUk said here, an approach that processes an entire line at a time. The next part to think about is what happens if you encounter a 'word' in a line that doesn't exist in your translation hash, e.g., the line `"peaches,peaches,foobar,kiwis\n"` (hints: exists, next, maybe `//` (defined-or) or `?:` (ternary/conditional operator) – see perlop for the latter two).	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: using hashes
by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Sep 26, 2013 at 16:17 UTC

... am I missing something?

You're missing what BrowserUk said here, an approach that processes an entire line at a time.

The next part to think about is what happens if you encounter a 'word' in a line that doesn't exist in your translation hash, e.g., the line
"peaches,peaches,foobar,kiwis\n"
(hints: exists, next, maybe // (defined-or) or ?: (ternary/conditional operator) – see perlop for the latter two).

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