#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my %map; # sort comparison function sub by_category($$) { my ($a, $b) = @_; $a = uc $a; $b = uc $b; # This always sorts last $a =~ s/THE REST/ZZZZZZ/g; $b =~ s/THE REST/ZZZZZZ/g; $a cmp $b; } sub alpha_output { my $key; my $sort_method = \&by_category; my $sep = ""; foreach $key (sort $sort_method keys %map) { if ($key ne " ") { print $sep . $key . "\n"; $sep = "\n"; } print $map{$key}; } } sub trim { my $s = shift; $s =~ s/\s+$//; $s =~ s/^\s+//; return $s; } sub file_input { my $lastline = ""; my $case = " "; $map{$case} = ""; while (<>) { my $line = $_; # Pattern line? if ($line =~ m/^([A-Z]):\s*(.*)/) { $line = $1 . ":\t" . trim($2) . "\n"; if ($lastline eq "") { $map{$case} = $map{$case} . $line; next; } $case = trim($lastline); exists $map{$case} and die "Header '$case' already exists"; $map{$case} = $line; $lastline = ""; next; } if ($case eq " ") { $map{$case} = $map{$case} . $lastline; $lastline = $line; next; } trim($lastline) eq "" or die ("Odd non-pattern line '$lastline' for '$case'"); $lastline = $line; } $map{$case} = $map{$case} . $lastline; } &file_input; &alpha_output; exit(0);