On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Tyler Cruickshank wrote:
> 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";
>
I'm not sure exactly what you want, but I think you want this:
my %stations;
while (<NAMES>) {
chomp;
my @names = split(/-/);
$stations{$names[0]} = $names[1];
}
Chris
> Thanks!
>
> -tyler
>
>
>
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