Hi, I'm a beginner in Perl.
I would like to use the JSON module in order to create one. In other words, I'm trying to build a function which creates a JSON file:

Consider the following structure of a JSON file:

{
    "time": 123456
    "id": 56789
    "data": [{"key": "first" , "value": "1" , "format": "1.5.6" , "ver
+sion": "5.4"},
             {"key": "two" , "value": "2" , "format": "1.4.6" , "versi
+on": "5.4},
             {"key": "five" , "value": "5" , "format": "1.5.9" , "vers
+ion": "5.1"}]
}

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This is the structure I would like the JSON file to be. Also, consider that the data is in a file that each one if its lines look like this:
first,1,1.5.6,5.4
two,2,1.4.6,5.4
five,5,1.5.9,5.1

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So the array of objection that JSON file should contain is represented as each line of the previous file. I know how to split each line and push into a hash. So I would like to ask the two following questions:

1. Is there a better way to than splitting and pushing into a hash?
2. Main question: After I get a hash, how can I convert it to be of JSON file type while not forgetting to add the primitive values of "time" & "id"?
I saw some examples of how to convert JSON to hash in Perl but didn't find an example of how to use the other way.

Thank you and have a great day.

In reply to Create JSON file in specific format by ovedpo15

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