The coding is fine (TMTOWTDI) - The problem lies with just one line, line 10.
My way to get it working was to modify the first block of code so it says this:
open(USER_LIST, '/etc/passwd')
    or die "Couldn't open: $!";
while (<USER_LIST>) {
  @user_info = split /:/, $_;
  $user_dict{$user_info[0]} = $user_info[4] . " " . $user_info[5];
}

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I think the problem is here :
@user_info[4,5];   #same as ($user_info[4],$user_info[5]);

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although I don't know what the \ that you have there does...
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in thread newbie - hash - array? by Anonymous Monk

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