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Re: Matchtable sln@netherlands.com
Re: Matchtable <boerni_s@bluewin.ch>
Re: Net::SMTP errors <RedGrittyBrick@spamweary.invalid>
Posting Guidelines for comp.lang.perl.misc ($Revision: tadmc@seesig.invalid
Question about Algorithm::Diff <dilbert1999@gmail.com>
Re: Question about Algorithm::Diff <KBfoMe@realdomain.net>
Re: Question about Algorithm::Diff <KBfoMe@realdomain.net>
Re: Question about Algorithm::Diff <dilbert1999@gmail.com>
Re: Question about Algorithm::Diff <dilbert1999@gmail.com>
Re: software requirements again, take 483 (aka ? the Platypus)
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:31:51 -0700
From: sln@netherlands.com
Subject: Re: Matchtable
Message-Id: <nbe7s512d30fe5at3b84jsu1gqac2uh9tb@4ax.com>
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:41:21 +0200, Bernard <boerni_s@bluewin.ch> wrote:
>
>Hi all
>
>I already searched on Google, but unfortunately I don't know what it's
>exactly called what I'm looking for.
>
>So what I'd like to do is to create a (text-)table and have a script to
>find the best match. (Sorry... my english...)
>
>So here's an example:
>
>Table:
>#field1 |field2 |field3 |Output
>* |* |* |Line1
>t* |* |* |Line2
>t* |x* |* |Line3
>* |x* |x* |Line4
>
>
>Cases:
>
>Field 1: abc
>Field 2: abc
>Field 3: abc
>Should Match Line1
>
>Field 1: test
>Field 2: abc
>Field 3: abc
>Should match Line2
>
>Field 1: test
>Field 2: xyz
>Field 3: abc
>Should match Line3
>
>Field 1: test
>Field 2: xyz
>Field 3: xyz
>Should match Line4
>
>and so on...
>
>So I'm looking for a way to find the most exact match for given Input.
>Is there a module that does this. If not how would you solve it? I know
>I should include a some code of what I've already tried, but all the
>ways I thought of, are just to complicated and I'm sure there must be an
>easier way.
>
>So what I thought of is:
>- Build a Hash and then sort by length of key (field 1)... but that
>wouldn't work for the 4th example.
>- Build 3 Hashes with field 1-3 as keys and sort again by length and
>give some kind of rating to the matches (so if field 1 matches with a
>String with a lenght of 3 Characters it will get 3 Points)
>
>Thank you very much in advance
>Bernard
>
One approach would be to "weight" the rows, then "weight" the columns
in that order with whatever criteria fits your needs.
Should only need to do it once (or when adding a new record).
Once weighted store it in a file.
-sln
---------------
c:\temp>perl aa.pl
6 |* |x* |x* |Line4
3 |tt* |x* |* |Line3.1
3 |tr* |x* |* |Line3.03
3 |t* |x* |* |Line3.02
3 |att* |x* |* |Line3.0
3 |at* |x* |* |Line3.22
3 |aat* |x* |* |Line3.11
3 |aaab* |x* |* |Line3.04
3 |aaa* |xa* |* |Line3.211
3 |aaa* |x* |* |Line3.21
3 |aa* |x* |* |Line3.2
3 |a* |x* |* |Line3.01
1 |t* |* |* |Line2
0 |* |* |* |Line1
c:\temp>
use strict;
use warnings;
my @template = ();
while (<DATA>)
{
chomp;
next if /^\s*$/;
my ($val,$cnt) = (0,0);
## Weight cross fields
for my $fld (split /\t\|/, $_)
{
$val += 2**$cnt if ($fld =~ /[^*]/);
$cnt++;
last if $cnt>2;
}
push @template, "$val\t|".$_;
}
## Weight within fields
@template = sort {
my ($b0,$b1,$b2,$b3) = split /\t\|/, $b;
my ($a0,$a1,$a2,$a3) = split /\t\|/, $a;
$b0 <=> $a0 ||
$b1 cmp $a1 ||
$b2 cmp $a2 ||
$b3 cmp $a3
} @template;
for my $str (@template) {
print "$str\n";
}
__DATA__
at* |x* |* |Line3.22
aaab* |x* |* |Line3.04
* |* |* |Line1
t* |* |* |Line2
aaa* |x* |* |Line3.21
tt* |x* |* |Line3.1
* |x* |x* |Line4
att* |x* |* |Line3.0
a* |x* |* |Line3.01
t* |x* |* |Line3.02
tr* |x* |* |Line3.03
aat* |x* |* |Line3.11
aa* |x* |* |Line3.2
aaa* |xa* |* |Line3.211
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:00:50 +0200
From: Bernard <boerni_s@bluewin.ch>
Subject: Re: Matchtable
Message-Id: <hq18bg$qen$1@speranza.aioe.org>
Hi all
Thank you very much for your responses.
I found a solution that works for me in the meantime.
Bernard
Table looks like this:
#Hostname| Subsystem | Probe | User Tag | Group
* | System* | nt* | * | NT_Group
asdf* | System* | nt* | * | NT_Group_APAC
us* | pr* | Misc* | * | US_Servicedesk
us-* | * | * | * | US_Network
* | * | * | * | Default_Group
Script:
#!perl -w
use strict;
my $table_file = './io/matchtst.lst';
my $table = read_table($table_file) or die;
my $group = find_match( $table,
'us-asdf',
'printer',
'Domino',
'') or die;
print "Group is $group\n";
exit 0;
#---- Subroutinen ----#
sub read_table {
my $table_file = shift;
my $table;
open(IN, $table_file) or die "cant read $table_file: $!\n";
while(<IN>) {
chomp;
next if (/^\#/ or ! $_);
s/\*/\.\*/g;
my ($field1, $field2, $field3, $field4, $output) = split(/\s+\|\s+/);
my $key = join('~~', ($field1, $field2, $field3, $field4));
$table->{$key}->{'field1'} = $field1;
$table->{$key}->{'field2'} = $field2;
$table->{$key}->{'field3'} = $field3;
$table->{$key}->{'field4'} = $field4;
$table->{$key}->{'output'} = $output;
}
close IN;
return $table;
}
sub find_match {
my %fields;
my %score;
my $table = shift;
my $field1 = shift;
my $field2 = shift;
my $field3 = shift;
my $field4 = shift;
foreach my $key(sort {length($b) <=> length($a)} keys %$table) {
if ($field1 =~ /$table->{$key}->{'field1'}/ and
$field2 =~ /$table->{$key}->{'field2'}/ and
$field3 =~ /$table->{$key}->{'field3'}/ and
$field4 =~ /$table->{$key}->{'field4'}/) {
if (! $score{'score'} or ($score{'score'} < length($key))) {
$score{'score'} = length($key);
$score{'pattern'} = $key;
}
}
}
return $table->{$score{'pattern'}}->{'output'};
}
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:55:24 +0100
From: RedGrittyBrick <RedGrittyBrick@spamweary.invalid>
Subject: Re: Net::SMTP errors
Message-Id: <4bc4317f$0$2492$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>
On 12/04/2010 19:31, david.karr wrote:
> I'm putting some code in an existing script to send an email
> notification. I've read the Net::SMTP CPAN page. I'm not doing
> anything complicated. I appear to be getting SMTP errors, but I don't
> understand how to fix this.
>
> The method I wrote to send the message is the following (some data
> elided):
>
> sub sendUpdateNotification($$$) {
> my ($message, $mailhost, $maildest) = @_;
> my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new($mailhost,
> Hello => "<mydomain>",
> Debug => 1);
>
> print "domain[" . $smtp->domain . "] maildest[" . $maildest . "]
> \n";
> print "message[" . $message . "]\n";
>
> $smtp->mail($ENV{USER});
According to http://search.cpan.org/~gbarr/libnet-1.22/Net/SMTP.pm the
parameters for the mail() method are mail ( ADDRESS [, OPTIONS] ) where
ADDRESS is the address of the sender.
$ENV{USER} is unlikely to be an email address.
> $smtp->to($maildest, {Notify => ['SUCCESS','FAILURE','DELAY']});
> $smtp->data($message);
>
> $smtp->quit;
> }
>
> The output I see is the following (some fields elided):
>
> Net::SMTP>>> Net::SMTP(2.31)
> Net::SMTP>>> Net::Cmd(2.29)
> Net::SMTP>>> Exporter(5.62)
> Net::SMTP>>> IO::Socket::INET(1.31)
> Net::SMTP>>> IO::Socket(1.30_01)
> Net::SMTP>>> IO::Handle(1.27)
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)<<< 220<our smtp host> ESMTP Sendmail
> 8.14.2/8.14.2; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:22:16 -0700
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)>>> EHLO att.com
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)<<< 250-<our smtp host> Hello<myhost>
> [<myip>], pleased to meet you
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)<<< 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)<<< 250-PIPELINING
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)<<< 250-8BITMIME
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)<<< 250-SIZE 16000000
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)<<< 250-DSN
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)<<< 250-ETRN
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)<<< 250-DELIVERBY
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)<<< 250 HELP
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)>>> MAIL FROM:<<myid>>
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)<<< 553 5.5.4<<myid>>... Domain name
> required for sender address<myid>
A domain name is needed in the sender's mail address.
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)>>> RCPT TO:<<myid>@<mydomain>>
> NOTIFY=SUCCESS,FAILURE,DELAY
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)<<< 503 5.0.0 Need MAIL before RCPT
You haven't sent a valid MAIL command.
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)>>> DATA
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)<<< 503 5.0.0 Need MAIL command
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)>>> QUIT
> Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x10b822c0)<<< 221 2.0.0<our smtp host> closing
> connection
--
RGB
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:14:16 -0500
From: tadmc@seesig.invalid
Subject: Posting Guidelines for comp.lang.perl.misc ($Revision: 1.9 $)
Message-Id: <kYKdnVFm6bZVhFnWnZ2dnUVZ_gudnZ2d@giganews.com>
Outline
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How to participate (post) in the clpmisc community
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Be extra cautious when you get upset
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:24:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dilbert <dilbert1999@gmail.com>
Subject: Question about Algorithm::Diff
Message-Id: <a954b0be-49b1-4e6c-8811-61aa874c8649@c21g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>
I have a question about the Perl Module Algorithm::Diff.
I want to use Algorithm::Diff to calculate the diff of the two
sequences "ab" and "a1bab", the "LCS" (the "Longest Common Sequence")
is a length of 2.
Theoretically there are 3 solutions with LCS = 2:
Solution 1:
---ab
a1bab
Solution 2:
a-b--
a1bab
Solution 3:
a---b
a1bab
I understand that any of those 3 solutions could be returned by
Algorithm::Diff, but I would argue that solution 1 is "better" than
solution 2 or 3, because solution 1 changes only once between '-' and
[ab], whereas solution 2 and 3 change more than once between '-' and
[ab].
This is my Perl program:
use strict;
use warnings;
use 5.010;
use Algorithm::Diff;
use Data::Dumper;
my @old = split //, 'ab';
my @new = split //, 'a1bab';
my $d = Algorithm::Diff::sdiff(\@old, \@new);
my $line = Dumper($d);
$line =~ s{\s}''xmsg;
say $line;
The output is
$VAR1=[['u','a','a'],['+','','1'],['+','','b'],['+','','a'],
['u','b','b']];
This is in fact Solution 3:
a---b
a1bab
How can I teach Algorithm::Diff to choose Solution 1 (the best of the
3 possibilities) ?
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:01:16 -0500
From: "Kyle T. Jones" <KBfoMe@realdomain.net>
Subject: Re: Question about Algorithm::Diff
Message-Id: <hq14sn$rkj$1@news.eternal-september.org>
Dilbert wrote:
> I have a question about the Perl Module Algorithm::Diff.
>
> I want to use Algorithm::Diff to calculate the diff of the two
> sequences "ab" and "a1bab", the "LCS" (the "Longest Common Sequence")
> is a length of 2.
>
> Theoretically there are 3 solutions with LCS = 2:
>
> Solution 1:
> ---ab
> a1bab
>
> Solution 2:
> a-b--
> a1bab
>
> Solution 3:
> a---b
> a1bab
>
There is only one LCS solution - 'ab'. You're making too much of it and
you don't get to say there are 3 solutions with LCS = 2 (as if you were
assigning 2, and LCS=3 or LCS=1 were possible with the data you
provide), there is just *the* LCS solution, which, in this case, happens
to be 'ab'.
> I understand that any of those 3 solutions could be returned by
> Algorithm::Diff, but I would argue that solution 1 is "better" than
> solution 2 or 3, because solution 1 changes only once between '-' and
> [ab], whereas solution 2 and 3 change more than once between '-' and
> [ab].
>
> This is my Perl program:
>
> use strict;
> use warnings;
> use 5.010;
> use Algorithm::Diff;
> use Data::Dumper;
> my @old = split //, 'ab';
> my @new = split //, 'a1bab';
> my $d = Algorithm::Diff::sdiff(\@old, \@new);
> my $line = Dumper($d);
> $line =~ s{\s}''xmsg;
> say $line;
>
> The output is
> $VAR1=[['u','a','a'],['+','','1'],['+','','b'],['+','','a'],
> ['u','b','b']];
>
> This is in fact Solution 3:
> a---b
> a1bab
>
No, this is the smallest set of instructions for turning the first
sequence into the second sequence (same as diff), with what some find to
be an easier to read "side by side" format:
(unchanged, was 'a', stays 'a')
(add, was nothing(''), adds '1')
(add, was nothing(''), adds 'b')
(add, was nothing(''), adds 'a')
(unchanged, was 'b', stays 'b')
The same set of instructions in diff would just be:
[
['+', 1, '1'],
['+', 2, 'b'],
['+', 3, 'a'],
]
> How can I teach Algorithm::Diff to choose Solution 1 (the best of the
> 3 possibilities) ?
That question doesn't make a lot of sense (to me).
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Algorithm-Diff/lib/Algorithm/Diff.pm
Cheers.
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:17:59 -0500
From: "Kyle T. Jones" <KBfoMe@realdomain.net>
Subject: Re: Question about Algorithm::Diff
Message-Id: <hq15s3$s8$1@news.eternal-september.org>
Dilbert wrote:
I may have misunderstood what you were asking a second ago... let me try
again (including diff for each of your three solutions):
> I have a question about the Perl Module Algorithm::Diff.
>
> I want to use Algorithm::Diff to calculate the diff of the two
> sequences "ab" and "a1bab", the "LCS" (the "Longest Common Sequence")
> is a length of 2.
>
> Theoretically there are 3 solutions with LCS = 2:
>
> Solution 1:
> ---ab
> a1bab
>
[
['+', 0, 'a'],
['+', 1, '1'],
['+', 2, 'b'],
]
> Solution 2:
> a-b--
> a1bab
>
[
['+', 1, '1'],
['+', 3, 'a'],
['+', 4, 'b'],
]
> Solution 3:
> a---b
> a1bab
>
[
['+', 1, '1'],
['+', 2, 'b'],
['+', 3, 'a'],
]
>
> How can I teach Algorithm::Diff to choose Solution 1 (the best of the
> 3 possibilities) ?
Why are any of the three better? Any way you crack this nut, the
smallest sequence of operations to turn ab into a1bab involves three
adds... so I'm confused as to why you pick one as "best"?
Cheers.
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:58:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dilbert <dilbert1999@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Question about Algorithm::Diff
Message-Id: <7e1c5208-bee3-4223-b960-04086b718960@y14g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>
On 13 avr, 09:17, "Kyle T. Jones" <KBf...@realdomain.net> wrote:
> Dilbert wrote:
> > How can I teach Algorithm::Diff to choose Solution 1 (the best of the
> > 3 possibilities) ?
>
> Why are any of the three better? =A0Any way you crack this nut, the
> smallest sequence of operations to turn ab into a1bab involves three
> adds... so I'm confused as to why you pick one as "best"?
Let me try a more realistic example:
use strict;
use warnings;
use 5.010;
use Algorithm::Diff;
use Data::Dumper;
my @old =3D split //, 'ab';
my @new =3D split //, 'Show manual contribution: ab :This word can be
displayed';
my $d =3D Algorithm::Diff::sdiff(\@old, \@new);
my $line =3D Dumper($d);
$line =3D~ s{\s}''xmsg;
say $line;
The output alignment (#al1) is:
-a-----------b---------------------------
manual contribution: ab :can be displayed
But what I want is (#al2):
---------------------ab------------------
manual contribution: ab :can be displayed
Why ?
Because, in case I have more than one optimal solution (and this is
the case here), I want to consider not only the value of a character
('a' eq 'a' and 'b' eq 'b'), but also the context each character is
in.
the 'a' in @old has context: {left =3D> 'start', right =3D> 'b'}
the 'b' in @old has context: {left =3D> 'a', right =3D> 'end'}
the 'a' in @new (#al1) context: {left =3D> 'm', right =3D> 'n'}
the 'b' in @new (#al1) context: {left =3D> 'i', right =3D> 'u'}
the 'a' in @new (#al2) context: {left =3D> ' ', right =3D> 'b'}
the 'b' in @new (#al2) context: {left =3D> 'a', right =3D> ' '}
It can easily be seen that @old and @new(#al1) have no context in
common
Whereas @old and @new(#al2) have two context matches, that is
@old('a')->right eq @new(#al2)'a'->right
@old('b')->left eq @new(#al2)'a'->left
That's why I prefer @new (#al2) over @new (#al1)
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:08:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dilbert <dilbert1999@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Question about Algorithm::Diff
Message-Id: <7f1cb764-c1f8-4e25-b4ae-8f3f1e913265@k33g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>
On 13 avr, 11:58, Dilbert <dilbert1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> my @new =3D split //, 'Show manual contribution: ab :This word can be
> displayed';
That should be...
my @new =3D split //, 'manual contribution: ab :can be displayed';
> Whereas @old and @new(#al2) have two context matches, that is
> =A0 @old('a')->right eq @new(#al2)'a'->right
> =A0 @old('b')->left eq @new(#al2)'a'->left
in the last line, replace
"...@new(#al2)'a'->left..." by
"...@new(#al2)'b'->left..."
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Date: 12 Apr 2010 20:26:31 GMT
From: "David Formosa (aka ? the Platypus)" <dformosa@usyd.edu.au>
Subject: Re: software requirements again, take 483
Message-Id: <4bc381f6$0$27783$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>
On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:44:04 -0700, Jürgen Exner <jurgenex@hotmail.com> wrote:
[...]
> And I cannot imagine how email or the Internet or Usenet would work
> without any written specs and protocols.
Usenet and email both where cases where existing protocols where
documented after they where implimented rather then the other way
around.
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