<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a file called people.data, which contains two colums:
> jose 2
> karen 8
> jason 9
> tracey 1
>
>
> Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong here:
> =============================================
> #! /usr/bin/perl -w
>
> open (INPUT, "<people.data");
> %people = <INPUT>;
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Not what you want.
foreach (<INPUT>) {
($key, $var) = split(/\s+/, $_);
$hash{$key} = $var;
}
Or similar.
Tor
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