I have a working script and thus- the following is completely unnecessary. For the most part, I'm just wanting to "improve" the script by separating the data from the core script, and I'm asking for suggested good/best practices.

The data entries are each elements in an array of hashes. Here is an example of some the hash keys.

     {
     Sub_Name               => "",
     Archive_File           => "",
     Lib_Sub_Path           => "",
     }

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Is it best practices to leave it in the script or to save it to one data file or a list of data files? For my specific situation, there is no reason to set up an SQL server and database. I just want to use a simple file or files in a directory which contain the information I need to run the script with a little bit of abstraction.

Another question: is there a good CPAN module to use to input it into an array of hashing as already implemented in the script, I have no idea what to look for.

In reply to A good way to input data into a script w/o an SQL database by ObiPanda

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