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?type DAN0207.pl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;

my %hash_table;
my $name;
while (<DATA>) {
    chomp;
    s/^\s*//;
    next unless /Fruit_class/ .. /\}/;
    next if /Fruit_class|[{}]/;
    if (/^\s*fruitName/) {
        ($name) = /(\".+\")/;
        next;
   }
   s/(fruitCount|fruitValue)/$name\.$1/;
   my ($key, $value) = split /\s+/, $_, 2;
   $hash_table{$key} = $value;
}
print Dumper(\%hash_table);

__DATA__
# this is a new file
{
date 14/07/2016
time 11:15
end 11:20
total 3
No    "FRUITS"

Fruit_class
    {
    Name    "fruit 1"
    fruitName    "apple_fru"
    fruitId    "0"
    fruitCount    5
    fruitValue    6
    }



?perl DAN0207.pl
$VAR1 = {
          'Name' => '"fruit 1"',
          'fruitId' => '"0"            ',
          '"apple_fru".fruitValue' => '6            ',
          '"apple_fru".fruitCount' => '5'
        };

?

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Bill

In reply to Re: Accessing value from a hash table in perl by BillKSmith
in thread Accessing value from a hash table in perl by DAN0207

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