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UPDATE - first post didn't keep them in named variables

use strict;
use Data::Dumper;
my @four;
my @all;
my $count = 0;
while (<DATA>) {
    s/\s+$//;
    push @four , $_;
    $count++;
    if ( ($count % 4) == 0) {
        my %hash;
    @hash{'name','address','phone','fax'} = @four;
    push @all , \%hash;
    @four = ();
    }
}

print Dumper(\@all);

__DATA__
name1
address1
phone1
fax1
name2
address2
phone2
fax2
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original post below

use strict;
use Data::Dumper;
my @four;
my @all;
my $count = 0;
while (<DATA>) {
    s/\s+$//;
    push @four , $_;
    $count++;
    if ( ($count % 4) == 0) {
        push @all , [ @four ];
        @four = ();
    }
}

print Dumper(\@all);

__DATA__
name1
address1
phone1
fax1
name2
address2
phone2
fax2
[download]

In reply to Re: Read File In Four-Line Chunks / TMTOWTDI / Golf by trs80
in thread Read File In Four-Line Chunks / TMTOWTDI / Golf by Cody Pendant

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