Gurus,

I'm trying to use map--instead of a for loop--to split an array into a 
hash. As you can see by the output I'm getting, it ain't workin'. Am I 
doing something wrong, or am I just trying the impossible?  Here's the 
code, followed by what I get, followed by what I *want* to get.

TIA!

#####
# program:
#####
use strict;
use warnings;

my @data = (
   '########################################',
   '# jhsdkjfhh - Copyright 2005,          #',
   '#                                      #',
   '# Name        : asdfsdfsdas            #',
   '#                                      #',
   '# Description : This is the Inlue set) #',
   '#               file used byasder.     #',
   '#                                      #',
   '# Notes       : Its somewhat pdded to  #',
   '#                                      #',
   '# Modification Log:                    #',
   '# Rev.     Date      Init.  Ch         #',
   '# ----  -----------  -----  ---------- #',
   '# 1.0   31 Jan 2005   dcr   Initial    #',
   '# 2.0   18 Jan 2006   dcr   Windsdf,   #',
   '#                           and reo    #',
   '# 3.0   02 Jan 2008   dcr   Add four   #',
   '########################################',
   '',
   '000 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '001 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '002 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '003 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '004 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '005 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '006 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '007 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '008 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '009 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '',
   '# This is a COMMENT LINE!',
   '010 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '011 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '012 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '013 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '014 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '015 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '016 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '017 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '018 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '019 |Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value',
   '',
   );

my %hash = map { split /\s\|/ } @ary;         # line 76

foreach my $key (sort( keys( %hash ))) {
   print "$key: $hash{$key}\n";               # line 93
}


#####
# program output:
#####
STDERR:
Odd number of elements in hash assignment at E:\WSUp_Dev\map_test.pl line 
76.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at map_test.pl 
line 93.

STDOUT:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Actual:
#                                      #: # Description : This is the 
Inlue set) #
#               file used byasder.     #: #       #
# ----  -----------  -----  ---------- #: # 1.0   31 Jan 2005   dcr 
Initial    #
# 2.0   18 Jan 2006   dcr   Windsdf,   #: #                           and 
reo    #
# 3.0   02 Jan 2008   dcr   Add four   #: 
########################################
# Modification Log:                    #: # Rev.     Date      Init.  Ch   
   #
# Notes       : Its somewhat pdded to  #: #       #
# This is a COMMENT LINE!: 010
########################################: # jhsdkjfhh - Copyright 2005,    
#
000: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
001: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
002: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
003: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
004: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
005: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
006: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
007: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
008: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
009: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value: 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Desired:
000: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
001: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
002: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
003: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
004: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
005: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
006: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
007: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
008: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
009: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
010: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
011: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
012: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
013: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
014: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
015: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
016: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
017: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
018: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value
019: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value

Deane Rothenmaier
Programmer/Analyst
Walgreens Corp.
847-914-5150

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave, when they think their children 
are naive. -- Ogden Nash
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