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use strict;
use warnings;
# Column details and sample line, from the post
my $header = q{0 AOZSVIN, TAMSSZ B A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F CR P PR I I* W WP WF AU NR FN FS};
my $sample = q{0 AAS 150 23 25 16 35 45 14 8 10 2 1 1 4 4 };
# -+--------+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---..
# chars 1212345678912345612345612341234123412341234123412341234123412341234123412341234123412341234123412341234123412341234...
# num. chars: 2 9 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 *
my $unpack = q{A2A9 A6 A6 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A*};
$unpack =~ s/\s//g;
# Get column names from the "$header" variable above
my @column_names = unpack($unpack, $header);
s/\s+$// for @column_names; # get rid of trailing spaces
s/^\s+// for @column_names; # get rid of leading spaces
# Some sample data in same format, to try the script out
my @samples = (
q{0 AAS 150 23 25 16 35 45 14 8 10 2 1 1 4 4 },
q{0 AAS 353 2 3 5 2 6 1 2 },
q{0 T304 480M 3 10 8 8 2 3 2 1 1 1 },
q{0 BIOS 206 3 14 5 11 9 8 4 8 3 1 1 6 7 },
);
my @big_sample = (@samples) ;#x 200_000;
my @unpacked_data_as_arrayrefs;
my @unpacked_data_as_hashrefs;
my $begin = time;
for my $line ( @big_sample ) {
my @data = unpack($unpack,$line);
s/\s+$// for @data; # get rid of trailing spaces
s/^\s+// for @data; # get rid of leading spaces
push @unpacked_data_as_arrayrefs, [@data]; # stop here if this is all you need
## below converts the data in a hash, based on the column names given
#my %as_hash;
#for ( 0..$#column_names ) {
# $as_hash{ $column_names[$_] } = $data[$_];
#}
#push @unpacked_data_as_hashrefs, { %as_hash };
}
my $tot = time - $begin;
print "Done in $tot seconds\n";
# verify all data is as we expected
# uncomment the ones that test hashref, if the above hashref-building code is also uncommented.
{
use Test::More;
# first sample
is($unpacked_data_as_arrayrefs[0]->[2],'AAS'); # AAS in the third column
is($unpacked_data_as_arrayrefs[0]->[7],'35'); # 35 in the 8th column
# fourth sample
is($unpacked_data_as_arrayrefs[3]->[2],'BIOS');
is($unpacked_data_as_arrayrefs[3]->[15],'6');
# sixth
is($unpacked_data_as_arrayrefs[5]->[7],'114');
is($unpacked_data_as_arrayrefs[5]->[10],'75');
done_testing();
}
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