sub hashify_words { use strict; use warnings; use 5.010; use File::Slurp; use List::MoreUtils qw( zip ); my ($file1, $file2) = @_; say "file1 is $file1"; say "file2 is $file2"; my @file1lines = read_file($file1); my @file2lines = read_file($file2); chomp(@file1lines); chomp(@file2lines); say "keys are @file1lines"; say "values are @file2lines"; my %hash = zip @file1lines, @file2lines; say "-----"; print_hash(\%hash); return \%hash; }