Ned Cunningham wrote at Tue, 04 Jun 2002 20:16:46 +0200: > It's a pipe delimited txt file. >
Examples always help us. I assume your file looks like key1|value1 key2|value2 ... keyn|valuen Then you should try: open FILE, "<$filename" or die "Can't open $filename: $!"; my %hash = map {chomp; split /\|/} (<FILE>); close FILE; Magic, isn't it ?! Best Wishes, Janek -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]