$Employee_Rec = [ {Emp_No=>1, Emp_Lname=>2, Emp_Fname=>3, Emp_SSN=>4, Emp_DOB=>5, Emp_aka=>6} ]; #### open(IN,"input.txt") or die("Can't open input.txt"); while() { chomp; magic code here ... ??? print "$Employee_Rec->{Emp_No} \n"; print "$Employee_Rec->{Emp_Lname} \n"; print "$Employee_Rec->{Emp_Fname} \n"; print "$Employee_Rec->{Emp_SSN} \n"; print "$Employee_Rec->{Emp_DOB} \n"; print "$Employee_Rec->{Emp_aka} \n"; } close(IN);