I have a few hundred records in a file like the following a:1 a:2 a:3 b:1 b:2 b:3
I'm trying to build a hash of where the values on the left is the key and for each value on the right is an array containing the coresponding values I hope this makes sense $a{$a} = [EMAIL PROTECTED] where @values = {1,2,3} I'm trying to do this on one pass if possible. I'm have a bit of trouble contstructing this kind of data structure if anyone can help me out it would be appreciated thanks. . -- Rodrick R. Brown http://www.rodrickbrown.com