$sw_ctype_brkdown{$switchnum}{$calltype} does equal 1, it's an increme
+nted count of how many lines in a file I'm parsing have that $switchn
+um and that $calltype.

The $switchnum and $calltype are defined right before the problem line
+ with a substr of a line in the file.

I want to be able to get a count of how many lines there are with that
+ $switchnum $calltype using
print "$sw_ctype_brkdown{$switchnum}{$calltype}\n";

and the number of seconds for that $switchnum and $calltype using
print "$sw_ctype_brkdown{$switchnum}{$calltype}{seconds}\n"

Should I give the value of the seconds to a completely separate hash w
+hich will use the same first two indexes?

Thanks,
  Vince
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You need to choose one or the other -- either it's a scalar, or it's a hash reference. It can't be both.

That said, you're probalby better off with it as a hash reference. That is, make your c"ount of how many lines" be $sw_ctype_brkdown{$switchnum}{$calltype}{lines} and your count of the "nuber of seconds" be $sw_ctype_brkdown{$switchnum}{$calltype}{seconds} -- this way, you keep to one data structure, and it's a structure which explains itself. This is always a plus.

perl -pe '"I lo*`+$^X$\"$]!$/"=~m%(.*)%s;$_=$1;y^`+*^e v^#$&V"+@( NO CARRIER'