(yes, I know it needs to be cleaned up) My script works, but I'm trying to move stuff around so that the variables can be accessed outside the block. Here's what I have now, that works:
...open the file...
my %menuhash1 = ();
my @fields1 = split(/\t/, <FILE>); chomp @fields1;
my @records1;
my $prodlisting;
my %ref1; 
while(<FILE>) {
chomp;     
    my @row1 = split(/\t/); 
        my %data1; 
        @data1{@fields1} = @row1;
        chomp @row1; 
        push @records1, \%data1;
}
close (FILE);
foreach my $ref1 ( 
   sort {(-1,0,1)[rand 3]} @records1
){
my $thumbgif = "thumb.gif";
my $menudir = "$ref1->{'dir'}";
$menudir = "$menudir/";
my $thumb = "$webdir\/$menudir$thumbgif";
print "<img align=\"center\" border=\"0\" src=\"$thumb\">";

etc...

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I'm trying to move the "my's" outside the block. $menudir is the problem.

Maybe I just need a nap.

In reply to Re: Assigning a variable to a Hash key reference by malaga
in thread Assigning a variable to a Hash key reference by malaga

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