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in reply to Re^7: Parse a file and store it in hash of hashes
in thread Parse a file and store it in hash of hashes

$key       => { map { split m{\s*=\s*} } @record }

Try that with values containing "=". Like this:

[CELL_NAME1] COMMENT = "Perl parsing = oh no" FIRST = "TEST1" SECOND = "ID1" THIRD = 123 FOURTH = "THREE" FIFTH = 12345 SIXTH = 6789 SEVENTH = QWERTY [CELL_NAME2] COMMENT = "Tester" FIRST = "TEST2" SECOND = "ID2" THIRD = 1234 FOURTH = "FOUR = bad" FIFTH = 12345 SIXTH = BOARD SEVENTH = MOUSE [CELL_NAME3] COMMENT = "Parser" FIRST = "TEST3" SECOND = "ID3 = and how = did this = happen?" THIRD = 12345 FOURTH = "FIVE" FIFTH = 12345 SIXTH = PAD SEVENTH = KEY EOF

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>perl 1179657.pl Odd number of elements in anonymous hash at 1179657.pl line 45, <$inFH +> chunk 3. Odd number of elements in anonymous hash at 1179657.pl line 45, <$inFH +> chunk 3. Odd number of elements in anonymous hash at 1179657.pl line 45, <$inFH +> chunk 3. %HoH = ( 'CELL_NAME1' => { '"ID1"' => 'THIRD', '"TEST1"' => 'SECOND', '"THREE"' => 'FIFTH', '123' => 'FOURTH', '12345' => 'SIXTH', '6789' => 'SEVENTH', 'COMMENT' => '"Perl parsing', 'QWERTY' => undef, 'oh no"' => 'FIRST' }, 'CELL_NAME2' => { '12345' => 'SIXTH', 'BOARD' => 'SEVENTH', 'COMMENT' => '"Tester"', 'FIRST' => '"TEST2"', 'FOURTH' => '"FOUR', 'MOUSE' => undef, 'SECOND' => '"ID2"', 'THIRD' => '1234', 'bad"' => 'FIFTH' }, 'CELL_NAME3' => { '"FIVE"' => 'FIFTH', '12345' => 'SIXTH', 'COMMENT' => '"Parser"', 'FIRST' => '"TEST3"', 'KEY' => undef, 'PAD' => 'SEVENTH', 'SECOND' => '"ID3', 'and how' => 'did this', 'happen?"' => 'THIRD' } ); >

Hint: split accepts THREE arguments.

Alexander

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