Looks like an array of hashes to me. Something like this (you can finish it if you use it):

use strict; my $hash; my $trap; my @data; while (<DATA>) { chomp; next if ($_ =~ /^\s*$/); if ($_ =~ /^Date:\s+(.+)$/) { push(@data, $hash) if (defined($hash)); $hash = {DATE => $1}; } if ($_ =~ /^SServer:\s+(.+)$/) { $hash->{SSERVER} = $1; } elsif ($_ =~ /^Device:\s+(.+)$/) { $hash->{DEVICE} = $1; } elsif ($_ =~ /^CString:\s+(.+)$/) { $hash->{CSTRING} = $1; } elsif ($_ =~ /^Port:\s+(.+)$/) { $hash->{PORT} = $1; } elsif ($_ =~ /^SNMP Traps Generated:/) { $hash->{TRAPS} = {TRAP_LIST => []}; } elsif ($_ =~ /^\s+Generic:\s+(.+)$/) { $hash->{TRAPS}->{GENERIC} = $1; } elsif ($_ =~ /^\s+Specific:\s+(.+)$/) { $hash->{TRAPS}->{SPECIFIC} = $1; } elsif ($_ =~ /^\s+Varbind:\s+(.+)$/) { $trap = {VARBIND => $1}; } elsif ($_ =~ /^\s+Type:\s+(.+)$/) { $trap->{TYPE} = $1; } elsif ($_ =~ /^\s+Data:\s+(.+)$/) { $trap->{DATA} = $1; push(@{$hash->{TRAPS}->{TRAP_LIST}}, $trap); } } push(@data, $hash) if (defined($hash)); my ($item, $key, $value); foreach $item (@data) { while (($key, $value) = each %$item) { print "$key => $value\n"; } print "\n"; } __DATA__ Date: Mon Feb 17 13:14:19 2003 SServer: formula3 Device: 111.222.123.124 CString: public Port: 162 SNMP Traps Generated: Trap OID: 1.3.6.1.4 Generic: 2 Specific: 0 Varbind: 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.1 Type: 2 Data: 10 Varbind: 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.1 Type: 2 Data: 20 Varbind: 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.7 Type: 2 Data: 20 Varbind: 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8 Type: 2 Data: 30 Date: Mon Feb 17 13:14:22 2003 SServer: formula3 Device: 111.164.121.125 CString: public Port: 162 SNMP Traps Generated: Trap OID: 1.3.6.1.4 Generic: 3 Specific: 0 Varbind: 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.1 Type: 2 Data: 12 Varbind: 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.1 Type: 2 Data: 20

In reply to Re: recomendations needed for type of data structure by steves
in thread recomendations needed for type of data structure by Anonymous Monk

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