I have some problems reading a file into a hash in Perl.
Chr1_supercontig_000000000 1 500
PILOT21_588_1_3_14602_59349_1
Chr1_supercontig_000000001 5 100
PILOT21_588_1_21_7318_90709_1
PILOT21_588_1_43_18803_144592_1
PILOT21_588_1_67_13829_193943_1
PILOT21_588_1_42_19678_132419_1
PILOT21_588_1_67_4757_125247_1
...
So I have this file above. My desired output is a hash with the "Chr1"-lines as key, and the "PILOT"-lines as values.
Chr1_supercontig_000000000 => PILOT21_588_1_3_14602_59349_1
Chr1_supercontig_000000001 => PILOT21_588_1_21_7318_90709_1, PILOT21_588_1_43_18803_144592_1,...
As far as I know, multiple values can be assigned to a key only by reference, is that correct?
I got stuck at this point and need help.
You are right, the hash values need to be references that point to arrays which contain the PILOT lines.
Here's a way to do it:
my %hash;
open FILE, "filename.txt" or die $!;
my $key;
while (my $line = <FILE>) {
chomp($line);
if ($line !~ /^\s/) {
($key) = $line =~ /^\S+/g;
$hash{$key} = [];
} else {
$line =~ s/^\s+//;
push @{ $hash{$key} }, $line;
}
}
close FILE;
You can read the file line-by-line keeping track of the current hash key:
open my $fh, '<', 'file' or die $!;
my (%hash, $current_key);
while (<$fh>) {
chomp;
$current_key = $1, next if /^(\S+)/;
s/^\s+//; # remove leading space
push @{ $hash{$current_key} }, $_;
}
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