Smith, Derek wrote: : I need to create a hash with a key/value pair as text:nontext : like so: : savecrash as the key and 1 as the value : : savecrash_dir as the key and /var/adm/crash as the value. : : for (;<SC>;) { : : if ( /(?i)savecrash=/ || /(?i)savecrash_dir=\W+\w+/ ) { : : chomp;
my( $key, $value ) = split /=/; $vg{$key} = $value; : $vg{$_}++; Delete that line. You can read more about the split() function in the perl documentation. : : } : : } HTH, Charles K. Clarkson -- Mobile Homes Specialist 254 968-8328 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>