To relate a user list to a group.....

[Michael Budash]

In article <9c2a26b6.0309091250.770378b3@posting.google.com >,
[email]carterave@yahoo.com[/email] (Jim Carter) wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I am working on windows. I have a file (names.txt) with below names:
>
> ---------------
> john
> jerry
> bob
> rob
> mike
> rich
> sara
> lisa
> anita
> rita
> --------------
>
> I have a list of groups in another file (groups.txt) with below entrees:
>
> --------
> Games
> Books
> Tour
> Fun
> ---------
>
> These two files can grow bigger in future.
>
>
> OUTPUT:
> ------------------------------------
> when run the perl script, foo.pl
> C:\> foo.pl
>
> It should give me
>
> Games contains 3 people.
> They are: 1. rich
> 2. sara
> 3. lisa
>
> Books contain NONE. ### becuase no one belongs to this group.
>
> Tour contains 4 people.
> They are: 1. john
> 2. jerry
> 3. bob
> 4. rob
>
> Fun contains 2 people.
> They are: 1. anita
> 2. rita
>
> ------------------------------
>
> I know that I should use hashes and arrays, but I a mstruggling with the code.
>
> Can some one help me out?
>
> Thanks,
> Srini

where is the file that says which group each name is in?

--
Michael Budash

[Brian Wakem]

"Jim Carter" <carterave@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:9c2a26b6.0309091250.770378b3@posting.google.c om...

> Hi there,
>
> I am working on windows. I have a file (names.txt) with below names:
>
> ---------------
> john
> jerry
> bob
> rob
> mike
> rich
> sara
> lisa
> anita
> rita
> --------------
>
> I have a list of groups in another file (groups.txt) with below entrees:
>
> --------
> Games
> Books
> Tour
> Fun
> ---------
>
> These two files can grow bigger in future.
>
>
> OUTPUT:
> ------------------------------------
> when run the perl script, foo.pl
> C:\> foo.pl
>
> It should give me
>
> Games contains 3 people.
> They are: 1. rich
> 2. sara
> 3. lisa
>
> Books contain NONE. ### becuase no one belongs to this group.
>
> Tour contains 4 people.
> They are: 1. john
> 2. jerry
> 3. bob
> 4. rob
>
> Fun contains 2 people.
> They are: 1. anita
> 2. rita

The two files have no relation to each other (that you have told us) so how
does the script determine that theses groups contain the specified people?

>
> I know that I should use hashes and arrays, but I a mstruggling with the

code.


Clarify the question/problem and post the code you are struggling with.

> Can some one help me out?
>
> Thanks,
> Srini

--
Brian Wakem