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Each line you read in during your input loop has a newline character at the end. Use chomp to take it off.

while(<DATA>){
    chomp;
    my $line = $_;
    $faclist{$line} = "";
}
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After that, I think it should work.

Update: I notice also that this line:

if exists $faclist{$i}{#THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS
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...has a syntax error. It should be:

if ( exists $faclist{$i} ) {#THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS
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Note the parentheses.

In reply to Re: Hash checking by kyle
in thread Hash checking by Anonymous Monk

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