Hey Monks
I have two arrays. One contains command line switches the other contains command line switches followed by values. I want to isolate the values after each switch and assign them to that switch. I also want to assign the values following the next switch and so on for an infinite number of switches. 
@switches = ("-d", "-l", "-m");
@values = ("-d", "disk1", "disk2", "disk3", "-l", "load1", "load2", "l
+oad3", "load4", "-m" "memory1", "memory2");

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So when my program asks what are the values for "l" (switch names decided at run time so it could be anything not just "l", "d"or "m") it should recieve an array containing  ("load1", "load2", "load3", "load4").

I know it has something to do with hashes (probably) but my experience with them is limited.

What would be the best way to implement this?
Thanks in advance

j o h n i r l .

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In reply to Creating a Hash from Two Arrays by johnirl

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