#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $key; my %hoa; while ( ) { chomp; next if (/^$/); if ( /^SET/ ) { $key = (split)[1]; # perldoc -f split } elsif (/^\d/) { push @{$hoa{$key}}, [ split /,/ ]; # perldoc -f split } } print Dumper \%hoa ; __DATA__ SET: SET1 0,100,BOOK 1,150,PENCIL ==== SET: SET2 2,110,ERASER 2,200,PEN 0,220,BLACKBOARD 1,300,CHALK ====