>>>>> "Pradeep" == Pradeep Sethi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Pradeep> I am confused, I thought if in first case we declar var as hash, then we do Pradeep> my %var; Pradeep> and then later : Pradeep> /(.*?)\s*=\s*(.*)/ and $$var{$1} = $2 while <FILE>; No, that's if $var is a scalar. If you have %var, you want $var{$1}. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!