single text file into multiple arrays

[Faz]

hello all

I have a text file as below

a
b
c
d
e
a1
b1
c1
d1
e1
a2
b2
c2
d2
e2

I want to read the text file and put them into multiple arrays
grouping them. at the end I want to have

arrayA should contain a a1 a2
arrayB should contain b b1 b2
arrayC should contain c c1 c2

Thanks
Faz

[Uri Guttman]

>>>>> "F" == Faz <lfazal@hotmail.com> writes:

F> a
F> b
F> c
F> d
F> e
F> a1
F> b1
F> c1
F> d1
F> e1
F> a2
F> b2
F> c2
F> d2
F> e2

untested

local $/ ;

push @{$buckets{uc $2}, $1 while <> =~ /(([a-z]+)\d*)/g ;

uri

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[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Uri Guttman wrote:

>>>>>>"F" == Faz <lfazal@hotmail.com> writes:

>
>
> F> a
> F> b
> F> c
> F> d
> F> e
> F> a1
> F> b1
> F> c1
> F> d1
> F> e1
> F> a2
> F> b2
> F> c2
> F> d2
> F> e2
>
> untested
>
> local $/ ;

--^^^^^^^^^^
Shouldn't be there.

> push @{$buckets{uc $2}, $1 while <> =~ /(([a-z]+)\d*)/g ;

------------------------^
Missing right curly bracket.

After those corrections, the above line creates the hash %buckets
containing anonymous arrays. It can be printed like this:

for (sort keys %buckets) {
print "\@{\$buckets{$_}}: @{$buckets{$_}}\n";
}

which results in the following output:

@{$buckets{A}}: a a1 a2
@{$buckets{B}}: b b1 b2
@{$buckets{C}}: c c1 c2
@{$buckets{D}}: d d1 d2
@{$buckets{E}}: e e1 e2

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[James E Keenan]

"Uri Guttman" <uri@stemsystems.com> wrote in message
news:x78yoyj3yy.fsf@mail.sysarch.com...

> >>>>> "F" == Faz <lfazal@hotmail.com> writes:

>
>
> untested
>
> local $/ ;
>
> push @{$buckets{uc $2}, $1 while <> =~ /(([a-z]+)\d*)/g ;
>

Uri:

I only get the OP's intended result if I comment out 'local $/;' That
slurps everything in and the while loop shuts off after the first match.

jimk

[Uri Guttman]

>>>>> "GH" == Gunnar Hjalmarsson <noreply@gunnar.cc> writes:

>> untested
>> local $/ ;

GH> --^^^^^^^^^^
GH> Shouldn't be there.

and why not? i wanted a full file slurp, not a line by line one. it
would be faster this way than yours.

>> push @{$buckets{uc $2}, $1 while <> =~ /(([a-z]+)\d*)/g ;

GH> ------------------------^
GH> Missing right curly bracket.

untested as promised!

GH> After those corrections, the above line creates the hash %buckets
GH> containing anonymous arrays. It can be printed like this:

GH> for (sort keys %buckets) {
GH> print "\@{\$buckets{$_}}: @{$buckets{$_}}\n";
GH> }

use Data::Dumper ;
print Dumper \%buckets ;

uri

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[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Uri Guttman wrote:

>>>>>> "GH" == Gunnar Hjalmarsson <noreply@gunnar.cc> writes:

>

> >> local $/ ;

> GH> --^^^^^^^^^^
> GH> Shouldn't be there.
>
> and why not? i wanted a full file slurp, not a line by line one. it
> would be faster this way than yours.

Well, since all it results in is:

%buckets = ( A => ['a'] );

it's probably faster. ;-) Maybe it's possible to modify it in some
other way to fulfil your intention, but in that case I think you'd
better show us.

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[Uri Guttman]

>>>>> "GH" == Gunnar Hjalmarsson <noreply@gunnar.cc> writes:

>> >> local $/ ;

GH> --^^^^^^^^^^
GH> Shouldn't be there.

>> and why not? i wanted a full file slurp, not a line by line one. it
>> would be faster this way than yours.

GH> Well, since all it results in is:

GH> %buckets = ( A => ['a'] );

GH> it's probably faster. ;-) Maybe it's possible to modify it in some
GH> other way to fulfil your intention, but in that case I think you'd
GH> better show us.

this works with or without the scalar:
local $/ ;
map { push @{$buckets{uc $2}}, $1 while /(([a-z]+)\d*)/g } scalar <> ;

note the horrid use of map in a oid context. i needed something to set
$_ without a full foreach block or whatever. this is an odd case for
wanting multiple statement modifiers but i know p6 won't get them. it
would look too contrived to write that like:
push @{$buckets{uc $2}}, $1 while /(([a-z]+)\d*)/g } for scalar <> ;

here is a shorter one. golf anyone> the names could be shortedn and the
regex is not well defined by the OP (i wrote a simple general alphas
followed by optional digits).

$_ = <> ; push @{$buckets{uc $2}}, $1 while /(([a-z]+)\d*)/g ;

the problem with my untested code was that it was executing <> each time
through the while and i just wanted the regex to execute.

uri

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