The unpack function and hashes are my first thoughts. You can use the consistent column spacing to your advantage by unpacking each line into an array. For example, if each column is 24 characters: 

@array = unpack('A24A24A24', $line);

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...will return a three element array out of $line. Assuming the "last,first" names are unique, those could be the keys of your hash: 

@names = unpack('A24A24A24', $line);
@address1 = unpack('A24A24A24', $nextline);
for (0..2) { $hash{$names[$_]}{address1} = $address1[$_]; }

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That should get you started.

In reply to Re: Pattern Matching examples by delirium
in thread Pattern Matching examples by renef

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