use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my @structure; my %temp; while () { if (!/\S/) # blank line ends a record { push (@structure, {%temp}) if (%temp); # possible null record %temp=(); } else { chomp; my ($key, $value) = split /\s+=>\s+/,$_; $value =~ tr/"//d; # remove double quotes $temp{$key}=$value; } } push (@structure, {%temp}) if (%temp); # possible last record print Dumper \@structure; =Output $VAR1 = [ { 'a' => 'premiere valeur', 'b' => 'some value', 'index' => '1', 'z' => 'dernier mot', 'objet' => 'fin' }, { 'a' => 'autre valeur', 'index' => '77', 'objet' => 'fin', 'z' => 'aurai-je le dernier mot ?' } ]; =cut __DATA__ objet => debut index => 1 a => "premiere valeur" b => "some value" z => "dernier mot" objet => fin objet => debut index => 77 a => "autre valeur" z => "aurai-je le dernier mot ?" objet => fin