Hello , Can someone help me fix this , I read a file input contain the following : 
-- Name: Menu
-- TOYS: car monkey moon

blblblb 
blblb

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I need to get the name and the toyes , since they can be one word or more , I am putting it into array : I have done the following : 
#set some local variables
local ($name,$toys);

open ( INPUT , "<input" ) or die " couldn't open\n";
while(<INPUT>)
{
@name=split(" ",$_) if /^-- NAME:\s(\w+)/;
@toys=split(" ",$_) if /^-- TOYS:\s(\w+)/;
}
close(INPUT);

foreach $name (@name)
{
print "the name $name\n";
}
foreach $toys (@toys)
{
print "the toys $toys\n";
}

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it get me all the other junk , here is the output: 
the name --
the name NAME:
the name Menu
the neme 
the toys --
the toys TOYS:
the toys CAR

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I don't need NAME: and TOYS: and --- to be in the array .. HELP ?

In reply to array issue by Anonymous Monk

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