I'd suggest using a hash of hashes for your data: 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use feature qw/say/;

my $result = q/
        number 1234567 user: sam  # changed abc in the file.
        number 5646542 user: john # deleted asds in the file.
/;

my %parsed_results = ();

while($result =~ /number (\d+).*user:\s*(\S+)\s*#\s*(.*)/g) {
    $parsed_results{$1} = {
        'user'    => $2,
        'comment' => $3,
    }
}

print "Enter a number: ";
chomp(my $number = <STDIN>);

if(exists $parsed_results{$number}) {
    say "User   : ", $parsed_results{$number}->{'user'};
    say "Comment: ", $parsed_results{$number}->{'comment'};
} else {
    say "Not found: $number";
}

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In reply to Re: Hash of Array references by AppleFritter
in thread Hash of Array references by sravs448

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