I have the following data in a file:

ABC corp.

1     1002003    1002007   some text here
2     1011999    1012020   other text here

XYZ Ltd.

1     2031994    2032071   some text here
2     2021996    2022030   other text here
1     1871995    1872031   some text here
2     1772004    1772021   other text here

...

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and I need to match individual records in another file that start with a give id+year (e.g. 2032002) to its corresponding range per the data show above.

I have thought to load the data above into a record and then use that record to identify matches as I parse through the other data file. As matches are found I write the results to a results page that includes counts, company name, and the data (or some unique id that can be used to refer to the data).

I am fairly new to Perl and am finding it complicated to extract data out of my record... (which would look something like below):

@corps = (
  {
    name   => "ABC Corp.",
    ranges => [
      { bid = "1022002", eid = "1022002", prefix = "102" },
      { ... }
    ]
  },
  {
     name   => "XYZ Ltd.",
     ranges => [
       { ... }
     ]
  }
);

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Reading the data file (sample in the top of email) and dynamically creating this record seems somewhat tricky but I was able to do it (I think). What I am having trouble with is printing the data (so I can check it is assigned correctly)! Help would be appreciated...

Cheers,
David

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