Fruit Jan feb mar apr
Apple 40 45 50 54
orange 12 25 24 29
Pineapple 10 20 30 40
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{apple => [40,45,50,54]
Orange =>[12,25,24,29]}
####
use strict;
use warnings;
my $filename = 'fruits.txt';
#opening the text file
open(DATA, '<', $filename)
or die "Could not open file '$filename' $!";
readline(DATA);#skipping the header
my %data;
while () {
my @fields = split;
my $key = join(' ', splice(@fields, 0, 2));
$data{$key} = \@fields;
}
for my $key (sort(keys(%data))) {
printf("%s=> %s\n", $key, join(' ', @{$data{$key}}));
}