Solved! 

use strict;

my $exampleinput = q(1 | p1=v1,p2=v2 | p3=v3,p4=v4);

sub processrow( $ $ )
{
    my ( $hashref, $input ) = @_;

    my @condition = split( /\s*\|\s*/, $input );

    my $index = shift( @condition );

    $hashref->{$index} = [ map { { map { $_->[0] => $_->[1]
                                   } map { [ split( /=/, $_ ) ]
                                       } map { split( /,/, $_ )
                                           } $_ } } @condition
                          ];
}

my %examplehash = ();
processrow( \%examplehash, $exampleinput );

{
    use Data::Dumper;
    print( Dumper( \%examplehash ) );
}

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Produces:

$VAR1 = {
          '1' => [
                   {
                     'p2' => 'v2',
                     'p1' => 'v1'
                   },
                   {
                     'p3' => 'v3',
                     'p4' => 'v4'
                   }
                 ]
        };

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In reply to Re: Hash of array of hashes by monarch
in thread Hash of array of hashes by Anonymous Monk

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