#!usr/local/bin/perl my $userinput = "myexample"; my $wordfile = '/home/psychohamster/Desktop/Desktop_Stuff/AnagramWordList'; my $wordcount = 0; my $deadstring = ""; my %hashlist = (); open my $wordhandle, $wordfile or die "Unable to open WordList: $!"; while (<$wordhandle>) { $deadstring = chomp; $hashlist{$deadstring} => 1; $wordcount++; } $wordcount -= 1; if (!%hashlist) { print "Empty\n"; } else { print "Not Empty\n"; }