vars as key/value in a hash

[Tyler Cruickshank]

I would like to create a hash based on data contained in a file.  Can I not use a 
variable as both the key and the value as shown below?  When I print as shown I do not 
get a value however if I write the key as:    alta_guard => $names[1]    then I get 
the correct value printed out.

open(NAMES, "d://perl/avalanche/names.txt") || die "Cant open names.txt\n";

while(<NAMES>){
      chomp;
    @names = split(/-/);
    
    %stations = (  $names[0] => $names[1] );
    @names = ();
    
  } # End while.
 
$table = 'alta_guard';
print "Text: $stations{$table}\n";

Thanks!

-tyler


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