Person1, Name = Lydia, Age = 20, Gender = F Person2, Name = Carol, Age = 54, Profession = Student, Gender = F, Height = 4'8 Person3, Name = Andy, Age = 37, Location = USA, Gender = M, Weight = 117 Person4, Name = Nick, Age = 28, Gender = M #### my @terms = qw(Name Age Gender); my $match = "Person2" while (<$file>) { chomp; if (/$match/){ @array= split(/,/); #What next??? } }