#! /usr/bin/perl my %dayTable0 = ( "ZELDA" => "U", "YAKOV" => "U", "XAVIER" => "A", "WALTER" => "A", "VICKY" => "A", ); my %dayTable1 = ( "ZELDA" => "A", "YAKOV" => "A", "XAVIER" => "U", "WALTER" => "U", "VICKY" => "U", ); my %nightTable0 = ( "ALISTAIR" => "U", "BARB" => "U", "CONNOR" => "A", "DENISE" => "A", "ERIN" => "A", ); my %nightTable1 = ( "ALISTAIR" => "A", "BARB" => "A", "CONNOR" => "U", "DENISE" => "U", "ERIN" => "U", ); open (FILE, my $file) or die "Can't open $file $!\n"; chomp (my @lines = ); foreach my $line (@lines) { my @line = split (/,/,$line); if ($line[0] =~ /CMD/) { my $state = $line[3]; my $unit = $line[5]; if ($state =~ /OFF/ && $unit =~ /PRI/) { %table = %dayTable0; } elsif ($state =~ /ON/ && $unit =~ /PRI/) { %table = %dayTable1; } elsif ($state =~ /OFF/ && $unit =~ /BU/) { %table = %nightTable0; } elsif ($state =~ /ON/ && $unit =~ /BU/) { %table = %nightTable1; } else { print "UNKNOWN STATE!! GO FIX SOMETHING!!!"; } } if ($line[0] =~ /STAT/) { my $name = $line[5]; my $status = $line[4]; my $value = $table{$name};

Have tried several variants of above line. $table{ZELDA} gives me the expected static response<\p> print "LOOKUP STATUS: $value\n"; } }