Hi All,
I have a text file like this:

Name ,123-43-4352, JX, 1234
Sports,123-43-4352, SKI, BaseBall, swimming
Hobbies, 123-43-4352, H1,H2, H3
Hobbies, 123-43-4352, HH, HHH, HHHH2
Hobbies,123-43-4352, H1,H43

Name ,223-63-9352, JX, 1234
Sports,223-63-9352, SKI, BaseBall, swimming
Hobbies, 223-63-9352, H1,H2, H3
Hobbies, 223-63-9352, HH, HHH, HHHH2  
Here is my issue, I am trying to access each record in this file by SSN
ie: (223-63-9352)
I want to be able to say:
for SSN = 223-63-9352,  for Hobbies4 4th entry is HGFR.

while ($line = <INPUT>){


    @line = &parse_line(',',0,$line);
      if ($line[0] =~ /^NAME/gi){
        $ssn = $line[1] ;
          push(@ssns, $ssn);

              }

        if ($line[0] =~ /^Sports/gi ){

          push(@sports, $line)

        }

        if ($line[0] =~ /^Hobbies/gi){

         push(@hobbies, $line)

       }

for ($i = 0; $i<= $#ssns; $i ++)
 {
   print "For  $ssns[$i]\n";

        for ($i = 0; $i <= $#Hobbies ; $i++){ 
       
                   if ($Hobbies[$i] =~ $ssns[$i])
                   { print "Hobbies are: $Hobbies[$i]\n";}
}


I wanted to print out for each SSN corresponding SSN numbers but it's just
not working!!! If this is feasible in Perl I'd appreciate if someone could help.


Thanks                                          
I.S

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