Along with what bm said, it looks like you're forgetting to chomp off any newline characters.

use strict;

my %count;

while( <DATA> ) {
    chomp;
    $count{ $_ }++;        
}

print "$_\t$count{ $_ }\n" for keys %count;

__DATA__
123  56
123  56
234  45
123  56
678  93
678  93

[download]

With chomp:

678  93 2
234  45 1
123  56 3

[download]

w/o chomp:

678  93
        1
678  93 1
123  56
        3
234  45
        1

[download]

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In reply to Re: Hash and count of data values by LTjake
in thread Hash and count of data values by Anonymous Monk

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