sub get_list{ use strict; use warnings; use 5.010; use File::Slurp; my $file = shift; my @lines = read_file($file); chomp(@lines); s/^\s+|\s+$//g for @lines; @lines = grep length, @lines; return @lines; } sub zip_lists { use strict; use warnings; use 5.010; use List::MoreUtils qw( zip ); my ($file1, $file2) = @_; my @file1lines = get_list($file1); my @file2lines = get_list($file2); say "keys are @file1lines"; say "values are @file2lines"; my %hash = zip @file1lines, @file2lines; return \%hash; }