#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;

my $struct;
my $depth = -1;

while(<DATA>) {
        my $d  = $_ =~ tr/\t//;
        $struct .= "},\n" x ($depth-$d+1) . "$_ => {";
        $depth = $d;
}

$struct = eval "{" . $struct . "}" x ($depth+2);
print Dumper $struct;

__DATA__
here
is
        my
shot
        at
doing
        this
        Since
                perl
                is
                        very
                good
        at
                string
                        manipulation
                        this
        is
                about
        the
        sickest
        way
        I
                could
                        think
                to
        make
this
        work
                out
                Perhaps
        this
        is
        not
        the
                best
        way
                but
                I
                        like
                                it

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/\/\averick

In reply to Re: Reading an arbitrary hierarchy into a hash tree by maverick
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