I have the following text file of configuration details. This is a inhertitance configured file

. 
######## PARENT CONFIG ##############
DEPLOY :
        SWG_Lower HOLDS SWG_Depot
        EQUALS:=
                total_dist: completion= SUCCESS
                total_finish: completion= SUCESS
                total_cancel:completion=SUCCESS
 DEPLOYED

DEPLOY:
        LOADED_Lower HOLDS SWG_Depot
        EQUALS =
                total_finish: completion= SUCCES
                total_cancel: completion=SUCCESS
DEPLOYED

DEPLOY:
        CONFIG_Lower HOLDS SWG_Depot
        EQUALS = 
                total_cancel: completion=SUCCESS
DEPLOYED

######### INHERITED CHILD CONFIG ###############
DEPLOY
        first_distribution HOLDS LOADED_Lower
DEPLOYED

DEPLOY:
        second_distribution HOLDS  CONFIG_Lower ;
DEPLOYED

DEPLOY :
        third_distribution HOLDS LOADED_Lower;
DEPLOYED

DEPLOY :
        forth_distribution HOLDS  SWG_Lower ;
DEPLOYED

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I need to match a string variable with a hash key. The fields first_distribution , second_distribution are keys stored in a hash called results{keyid} and I match them in this file. What I am doing is follows. I first match a key in the file, then I need to collate the attributes associated with each PARENT ID, attributes for example are total_dist:, total_cancel 

while( $line = <FH>)
        {
            next unless $line =~ m<\s+(\S+)\sHOLDS\s(.+)>x;   
            $key = $1; #Obtains first_distribution, etc

            if ($line =~ /(\S+_Lower)\sHOLDS\s\S+/i)
            {
                $base_type = $1;  #obtains parent config ID (eg SWG_Lo
+wer )

                while ($line =~ m<\s(\S+):\s(completion).+>gx)  # obta
+ining attributes
                {
                    push(@{$base{$base_type}}, $1);}}  # push each att
+ribute associated with parent ID into an hash of arrays
                         # eg A dump from the hash looks like this whi
+ch is correct  SWG_Lower:: total_dist total_finish  total_cancel
                                                                 LOADE
+D_Lower:: total_finish, total_cancel
                              :                                 CONFIG
+_Lower: total_cancel

            next unless exists $results{$key}; # I do this incase ther
+e are distribution ids in the file which are not in my hash

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Now where Im struggling is as follows.. The child IDs need to inherit the PARENT attributes if distributions holds one of the PARENT IDS, example

eg. The child ID second_distribution HOLDS CONFIG_Lower which matches CONFIG_Lower in the base{$base_type) hash key therefore needs to inherit the attribute from CONFIG_lower and push into an already pre-defined hash of hashes value $results{Łkey}{$dist_attr} 

    DEPLOY:
                  second_distribution HOLDS  CONFIG_Lower ;
            DEPLOYED

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Therefore the attribute " total_cancel" needs to associated with second_distribution, and if it is, update an hash key called $results{Łkey}{$dist_attr} with the value total_cancel, an example for forth_distribution would be 

    
            DEPLOY :
                   forth_distribution HOLDS  SWG_Lower ;
           DEPLOYED

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The attributes total_dist, total_cancel and total_finish (attributes of SWG_Lower) would need to be joined with # and the following value total_dist#total_cancel#total_finish pushed into $results{Łkey}{$dist_attr} hash value. Does this make sense? it was hard for me to explain never mind write

In reply to Matching String Value with Hash Key by Mark.Allan

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