Re: Scripting situation I cannot wrap my head around

["Mikael Magnusson" <mikachu@gmail.com>]

On 05/12/06, TjL <luomat@gmail.com> wrote:
> My apologies for asking you all for what feels like a basic question,
> but I am missing something and cannot wrap my head around how to fix
> it.
>
> I am currently writing "verbatims" for a class that I am taking.  The
> teacher wants the verbatims to include a number for each time a person
> has spoken.
>
> An example will make this more clear.  Assume that John, Tim and
> George and talking.
>
> Here is "normal" dialog:
>
> John: How are you today?
> Tim: I'm good.
> George: I'm Ok, how are you
> John: I'm good too.
> George: Glad to hear it
> John: Thanks
> Tim: Yeah, me too
>
> Here is verbatim style dialog:
>
> John1: How are you today?
> Tim1: I'm good.
> George1: I'm Ok, how are you
> John2: I'm good too.
> George2: Glad to hear it
> John3: Thanks
> Tim2: Yeah, me too
>
> Notice that the number next to the name represents the number of times
> that person has said something (it doesn't matter WHO they said it
> to).
>
> What I am trying to do is figure out a way to have the numbering done
> for me, but I can't wrap my head around how to do that.  You would
> need separate counters for each person, and you wouldn't know how many
> people would be a part of the conversation (no fewer than 2 people,
> probably no more than 10, usually 2-5).
>
> I've tried to come up with WHILE loops or FOR loops using counters and
> such, but I can't get past the first hurdle, which seems to be: how to
> keep track of a counter for each speaker when you don't know how many
> speakers you will have.
>
> Any help appreciated.  The fact that it's 2:30am may have something to
> do with my brain fog (I hope!) so my apologies if I am missing
> something obvious!
>
> TjL

Maybe this will help

% typeset -A verbatim
% verbatim[John]=1
% verbatim[Tim]=3
% echo $verbatim
3 1
% echo $verbatim[John]
1
% echo $verbatim[Tim]
3

--
Mikael Magnusson
ps forgot to hit reply to all, as usual