Well, off the top of my head, I think this would work: 
open SCRIPT, "script.pl" or die "you scurvy dog";
while (<SCRIPT>) {
   # Find the declaration
   next unless /\%some_hash/;
   $hash_declaration = $_;
   # Now pop out and do another while loop
   last;
}
while (<SCRIPT>) {
   # Keep appending until we reach a semi-colon
   $hash_declaration .= $_;
   last if /;/;
}
eval($hash_declaration);

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But this assumes that you won't have a semi colon in the hash declaration in script.pl. There's a zillion ways to do the reading-in part, too, beyond just a smarter test for when you're done.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: sorting a hash that's in another file by snax
in thread sorting a hash that's in another file by alienhuman

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