>>>>> "Kelly" == Kelly Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Kelly> I have a file with this in it: Kelly> a.b = 10 Kelly> c.d.e = 11 Kelly> f.g.h.i.j.k = 12 Kelly> Based on that, I want to set: Kelly> $HASH{a}{b} = 10; Kelly> $HASH{c}{d}{e} = 11; Kelly> $HASH{f}{g}{h}{i}{j}{k} = 12; Kelly> This is easy using eval(), but is there a better way? Yes. http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=443584 And if you want better answers to questions, use monks. Not sure why these mailing lists exist, anyway! -- 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! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/