C#

string s = @"d1.8xlarge: 3 d1.xlarge: 0 c2.xlarge: 25
s1.medium: 1 c2.xlarge: 10 s1.large: 4 d1.8xlarge: 27";

string[] split = s.Split(new char[] {' ',':', '\r','\n'}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

int limit = split.Length - 1;

var sorted = split.Select((string str, int ndx) => // declaration of auto-index
{
    int val;  // use of variable defined inside 'Select

    if (ndx < limit && int.TryParse(split[ndx + 1], out val))
    {
        return new {name = split[ndx], value = val};
    }
    else
    {
        return null; // you have to return something !
    }
})
.Where(itm => itm != null) // get rid of 'nulls
.GroupBy(itm => itm.name) // group on the 'name
.ToDictionary(grp => grp.Key, grp => grp.Sum(v => v.value)); // summation

([a-zA-z]\d\.\w+:\s\d)

public static Regex regex = new Regex("([a-zA-z]\\d\\.\\w+:\\s\\d)",
                                      RegexOptions.Multiline | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant | RegexOptions.Compiled);
...
            MatchCollection ms = regex.Matches(InputText);
            foreach (Match m in ms)
                {
                Console.WriteLine(m.Value);
                }

public static class Globals
    {
    public static int GlobalInteger = 666;
    }
...
    Console.WriteLine(Globals.GlobalInteger);

Member 14154627 wrote:

Due to the type of game it has at least 32 variables for things such as Romm Names, Room Locations, Room Descriptions etc Some procedures require many variables to produce a result and some variables are used many times in procedures. The use of arrays also helped to simplify the code.