my %used_dn=(); my %en2dn=(); my %ed_en; my %pfinfo=(); my $i=50000; while ($i>0) { $pfinfo{$i--}= "$i|Henion,David|A|Active|010474|HAWKEY,Michael G|SC3789"; } my $log=0; $i=0; foreach my $en (keys %pfinfo) { logAndSkip(\*LOG,"Considering the entry from PeopleFirst extract: $en...") if ($log); # Get the PF information my @pfi=(); #reset the array @pfi=split/\|/,$pfinfo{$en}; # If employee number does not exists in ED, it looks like a creation if (!exists $ed_en{$en}) { createEDentry(\*LOG,\@pfi,\%used_dn,\%en2dn); } # Looks like an ED entry update else { updateEDentry(\*LOG,$en2dn{$en},\@pfi,\%en2dn); } } # End Foreach sub LogAndSkip {} sub createEDentry { my ($LOG,$pfi,$used,$en)=@_; } sub updateEDentry { my ($LOG,$pfi,$en)=@_; }