Hello Monks - Continuing on the path of enlightment, I'm trying to work with a complex data structure. I have a hash that contains n keys - n varies depending on the input. Each value is an array and each array has the same number of elements. For example, 
%HofA{0} =
1;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;
;;LINE;;SVC;LINE;ACCT;VIEW;

%HofA{1} =
1;;
;;;
;;;
;LINE;;

%HofA{2} =
1;;;;;
;;;;;;
;;;LAST;;;
;UPDT;SRCE;UPDT;UPDT;WORK;

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I am trying to join each element in each of the arrays & then print the joined line to a file.

Example 1: Joining the first element in all arrays should produce: 

1;;;;;;;1;;1;;;;;

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Example 2: Joining the last element in the sample data in all arrays should produce: 
;;LINE;;SVC;LINE;ACCT;VIEW;;LINE;;;UPDT;SRCE;UPDT;UPDT;WORK;

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I've found many references and code snippets when the number of keys is known, but I'm not that lucky. Since the number of keys depends on the input, I suspect an eval statement is in my future. I've read perldsc, perlfunc & scanned the ref/tut and Q&A and have no clue how to start. Could one of you wizards point me in the correct direction? Thanks.

In reply to stumped on a complex data structure by kfarr2

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