On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 11:05 AM, jet speed <speedj...@googlemail.com>wrote:
> > file.txt > ---------------- > > 22:5a => 10.00.00.00.aa.56.9b.7a > 32:9c => 10.00.00.00.aa.46.9b.33 > a2:cc=> 10.00.00.00.aa.5a.9b.63 Er, read it in, line by line, chomp, split on something like my ($key, $value) = split(/\s*=>\s*/); and build a hash (don't use "hash" (or, probably, "key" and "value" ;-) as a variable name, please). The "\s*" are because your data shows inconsistent white space. You could slurp the whole thing in, subs commas for new lines and eval it into a hash, as you've got the super-comma "=>" already there and probably other tricks but ... Just remember to treat both your key and values as strings as the numeric prefix to them could make for surprises - that is 22:5a == 22:9c is true 22:5a eq 22:9c is false -- a Andy Bach, afb...@gmail.com 608 658-1890 cell 608 261-5738 wk
