Jeff Pan wrote: > #/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict;
> my $i=0; > my %hash; > > while (<>) > { > chomp; > s/^\s+|\s+$//g; > $hash{$i}=[split]; > $i++; You could write those four lines as: $hash{$i++}=[split]; > } > > print $hash{0}->[0],"\n"; > print $hash{1}->[2],"\n"; > > Is this useful? John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>