OK, one problem is solved, which was the path to the data file.
I know there is a simple way to read in a file like the following:
apple,2
banana,4
kiwi,1
and produce a HASH. The code below works I get the feeling there is a more
compact way to accomplish this.
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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my %prices;
my $data = "/Users/dowda/Desktop/tmp test/test.txt";
open (FH,$data) || die "could not open $data $!";
local $/;
my $tmp = <FH>;
my @tmp = split (/\n/,$tmp);
close FH;
for (@tmp) {
my ($k,$v) = split /,/;
$prices{$k} =$v;
}
for my $key (keys %prices){
print "$key = $prices{$key}\n";
}
Thanks for any pointers here,
Dave
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