man i love map solutions, but just in case anonomo robert would like to see a map-less version...

my $order_should_be = 'ACTION,TITLE,WPR_ID,US_RELEASE_DATE,TITLE_TALEN
+T,GENRE,FOX_ENTITY,ACQUSITION,PRODUCTION_RELATION,THEATRICAL_RIGHT';
my @should_be_model = split /\,/, $order_should_be;

my $file_layout = <DATA>;
my @file_layout_keys = split /\,/,$file_layout;

while ( my $file_data = <DATA> )
{
    #    build a hash of the file data
    my %hash;
    my @file_data_values = split /\,/,$file_data;
    for (@file_layout_keys)
    {
        $hash{$_} = shift @file_data_values;
    }

    #    print it out in the correct order:
    foreach (@should_be_model)
    {
        # take care of unintialzed data
        $hash{$_} = '' if ! $hash{$_};
        
        print "$_ => $hash{$_}\n";
    }
    
}
__DATA__
TITLE,US_RELEASE_DATE,GENRE
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension,1984,ACTION
Highlander,1986,ACTION
The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew,1983,COMEDY

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also i assumed these are comma separated values. otherwise, what will you do if there are spaces in the title?

In reply to Re: Re: Complex Mapping by LanceDeeply
in thread Complex Mapping by Anonymous Monk

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