Hi -

Thanks, but I'm quite familiar with the DATA filehandle, STDIN, and other methods of getting the data in. I'm not sure why you're bringing it up, since the scenario I stated -

If you're trying to read a file that is composed of lines with comma-separated values

- explicitly specifies an external file, as does the OP's request... and your addendum has no relation to the solution that was asked for (that is, getting data into an array.)

Perhaps it'll add to someone's education, though.