#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Data::Dumper; use diagnostics -verbose; use constant PART => 0; use constant REV => 1; print "Enter the Part Number you wish to search for: "; my $part = ; chomp $part; print "Enter the Revision for ($part): "; my $rev = ; chomp $rev; my $searchresult = search( part => $part, rev => $rev, filename => './file.db', ); print $searchresult ? "Located Part Number: @{[join ':', @$searchresult ]}\n" : "Your Part Number ($part) Rev ($rev) could not be found....\n" ; sub search { my %args = @_; my $found = 0; my @record; open PARTS_DB, $args{filename} or die "Cannot open file $args{filename}: $!"; while (!$found && my $record = ) { chomp $record; @record = split /\|/, $record; if ($record[PART] eq $args{part} && $record[REV] eq $args{rev +}) { $found = 1; last; } } close PARTS_DB; return $found ? \@record : undef; }