use strict; use warnings; use Text::CSV; my $page1 = <new(); my %idData; open my $pg1In, '<', \$page1; while (my $row = $csv->getline($pg1In)) { s/^\s+|\s+$//g for @$row; $idData{$row->[1]}{size} = $row->[0]; $idData{$row->[1]}{name} = '-- missing --'; } close $pg1In; my $page2 = <getline($pg2In)) { next if !$row->[0]; # Skip blank lines s/^\s+|\s+$//g for @$row; $idData{$row->[0]}{name} = $row->[1]; $idData{$row->[0]}{size} //= '-- missing --'; } close $pg2In; for my $id (sort keys %idData) { print "$id: $idData{$id}{name} size $idData{$id}{size}\n"; } #### c100: Joe Shmo size 512.45 c200: Jack Black size 6734 c300: Cinderella size 5653.2 c400: Barack Obama size -- missing -- c500: Cruella Deville size -- missing --