thanks for the quick responses!
making an array of incrementing hashes sounds practical
sounds easy, but I am unsure how to properly do this - do I inclue the "%" - the book I have doesnt cover any of these examples, and it's late (oops early!) I am sleep deprived, and learning

let me describe further: I have an array named @filennames that contains hundreds of files. I want to create a hash for each filename to store other linked data like $date, $owner, $permissions, etc. so I can call the keys individually later..
can someone please describe both the method of making the proper array of hashes, hash key entries, and how to call the hash keys individually later in the file? pretend you are teaching a 12 yr old student :)
Thanks again!!

In reply to Re: How to use variable in Hash title by itsmrchris
in thread How to use variable in Hash title by itsmrchris

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