From your code, it looks like you are only getting the last entry in your file: 
  foreach (@lines) {
    my ($name,$score) = split /:/, $_;
      $hash_ref->{ 'name' } = $name;  # replaces the old 'name' entry
      $hash_ref->{ 'score' } = $score; # replaces the previous 'score'
+ entry
  }

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I might suggest using an array ref for each entry, or maybe an array of hashrefs or a hash of hashrefs. Examples: 
##Array of Hashrefs:
  my @entries;
  for (@lines) {
  # as someone once said ~if you plan to explicitly use $_ everywhere,
+ you might as well give it a more meaningful name or not use it at al
+l.~
    my ($name,$score) = split /:/;
      $hash_ref->{ 'name' } = $name;
      $hash_ref->{ 'score' } = $score;
      push (@entries, $hash_ref);
  }
  return( @entries);
}

##Hash of Hashrefs:
  for (@lines) {
    my ($name,$score) = split /:/;
      $hash_ref->{ $name }{'name'} = $name;
      $hash_ref->{ $name }{'score'} = $score;
  }
  return($hash_ref);
}

##Hash of Arrayrefs:
  for (@lines) {
    my ($name,$score) = split /:/;
      $hash_ref->{ $name } = [$name,$score];
  }
  return($hash_ref);
}

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I could come up with several more data structures to store the same data but you get the idea. TMTOWTDI and as I like to always say, see whatever works best with your program and go with that.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Using my and library.... by smalhotra
in thread Using my and library.... by kiat

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