From: "DanDiebolt.exe" <dandiebolt@...>
Date: 2008-12-18T20:32:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Using ruby hash on array

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I am having a difficult time understanding what you are asking, but perhaps=
 this will help:

lines =3D <<EOF
100|data B|data C|data D|data E:Name:bob
200|data B|data C|data D|data E:Name:sue
200|data B|data C|data D|data E:Name:tim
200|data B|data C|data D|data E:Name:tim
EOF

names=3DHash.new(0)
lines.each do |line|
=A0 a,b,c,d,e=3Dline.chomp.split("|")
=A0 names[e[/Name:([a-z]+)/,1]] +=3D 1 if a=3D=3D"200"
end

names

=3D> {"tim"=3D>2, "sue"=3D>1}
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