use strict; use warnings; my $File_Deal = $ARGV[0]; my $File_ATT = $ARGV[1]; open(F1, "<", $File_Deal) or die $!; my $header_line; my @header_array; # File_Deal header, throw away chomp( $header_line = ); my %hash = (); while( ) { chomp; my @values = split(/\|/, $_); # 0=parent_cusp|1=cusp|2=isin|3=deal|4=tranche|5=det_date|6=col_type my $key = $values[1-1] . $values[4-1] . $values[5-1]; print "key=$key is ( @values )\n"; }