use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dump qw (pp);
my $accounts = [
{
'date' => '1980-03-05',
'year' => '2019',
'acc' => '44443',
},
{
'date' => '1999-06-19',
'year' => '2017',
'acc' => '54321',
},
{
'date' => '1999-09-19',
'year' => '2099',
'acc' => '12345',
},
];
my $all = [
{
'date' => '2000-01-00',
'year' => '2003',
'acc' => '4327',
},
{
'date' => '1987-01-03',
'year' => '2013',
'acc' => '89997',
},
{
'date' => '1980-04-18',
'year' => '2016',
'acc' => '239876A',
},
{
'date' => '1999-06-19',
'year' => '2017',
'acc' => '54321',
}
];
# add all hashes from $accounts to $all, but
# exclude account 44443, if it is there
foreach my $href (@$accounts)
{
push @$all, $href if $href->{acc} ne '44443'; #note string compare
}
pp $all;
__END__
[
{ acc => 4327, date => "2000-01-00", year => 2003 },
{ acc => 89997, date => "1987-01-03", year => 2013 },
{ acc => "239876A", date => "1980-04-18", year => 2016 },
{ acc => 54321, date => "1999-06-19", year => 2017 },
{ acc => 54321, date => "1999-06-19", year => 2017 },
{ acc => 12345, date => "1999-09-19", year => 2099 },
]
Note: account OP's test $account data did contain a record that already
exists in the $all array. This results in a duplicate record.
See acc=> 54321 above.
There are of course ways to prevent that duplication.
Before suggesting code for that, I'd like to hear from the
OP whether this can really happen in "the real world" and
if such a solution is even needed.
####
# make the @$all array the union of everything in
# either @$all or @$accounts, excluding the acc 44443 record
# (if it exists at all) and exclude any possible duplicates
# This "zaps" the duplicate 54321 record.
# This literally says, "transfer the input to the output if
# the input record isn't about account 44443 and we haven't
# already transferred that record to the output before.
# This assumes that records are uniquely id'ed by the acc
# number. That might or might not be true in the actual
# application.
my %seen;
@$all = grep{ $_->{acc} ne '44443' and !$seen{$_->{acc}}++ } @$all,@$accounts;
##
##
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dump qw (pp);
my $accounts = [
{
'date' => '1980-03-05',
'year' => '2019',
'acc' => '44443',
},
{
'date' => '1999-06-19',
'year' => '2017',
'acc' => '54321',
},
{
'date' => '1999-09-19',
'year' => '2099',
'acc' => '12345',
},
];
my $all = [
{
'date' => '2000-01-00',
'year' => '2003',
'acc' => '4327',
},
{
'date' => '1987-01-03',
'year' => '2013',
'acc' => '89997',
},
{
'date' => '1980-04-18',
'year' => '2016',
'acc' => '239876A',
},
{
'date' => '1999-06-19',
'year' => '2017',
'acc' => '54321',
}
];
# add all hashes from $accounts to $all if
# the acc == 44443
foreach my $href (@$accounts)
{
push @$all, $href if $href->{acc} == 44443;
}
pp $all;
__END__
[
{ acc => 4327, date => "2000-01-00", year => 2003 },
{ acc => 89997, date => "1987-01-03", year => 2013 },
{ acc => "239876A", date => "1980-04-18", year => 2016 },
{ acc => 54321, date => "1999-06-19", year => 2017 },
{ acc => 44443, date => "1980-03-05", year => 2019 },
]