Stefan Kredler wrote: > > is there a better way of building a hash from a file than this? > > ---8<--- > while (<FILE>){ > ($mt,$te) = split /;/,<FILE>; ^^^^^^^ You are reading every _second_ line into your variables.
> $tt{$mt} = $te; > } > ----8<----- > > I tried: > ($mt,$te{$mt}) = split /;/,<FILE>; > > even though I expected it to fail; the use of @_ seems to fail too. > > Any hint is appreciated my %tt = split /;|\n/, <FILE>; John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]