Hi, is a better sample of what I am trying to do: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dump 'pp';
use Data::Dumper;
use JSON;



my %data;

  foreach my $line (<DATA>) {

   chomp($line);
    my ($names, $add, $phone, $email) = split/,/, $line;

    push \%data, { name => $data{name}, address => $data{address}, pho
+ne => $data{phone}, email => $data{email} };

  }

  my $json = encode_json \%data;
  print Dumper $json;


__DATA__
Joe, Main Street, 346 20274, test1@test.com
Mary, Central Road, 02615128, test2@test.com
Lou, Cannal St, 612262297692848, test3@test.com
Carl, Sout St, 3268022049187, test4@test.com

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In reply to Re^2: Push values into a hash by Anonymous Monk
in thread Push values into a hash by Anonymous Monk

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