Wow..... I was way off.
Here is an update:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl use strict; my %stock; $stock{'128'} = [0,224,0,0]; $stock{'12'} = [0,0,15,0]; $stock{'8'} = [32,0,0,0]; while (<DATA>) { ## file2 my @data = split(',',$_); if (exists $stock{$data[0]}) { my $ary_ref = $stock{$data[0]}; my ($sm,$md,$lg,$xl) = @$ary_ref; if($sm eq '0'){$sm=''}else{$sm=0}; if($md eq '0'){$md=''}else{$md=0}; if($lg eq '0'){$lg=''}else{$lg=0}; if($xl eq '0'){$xl=''}else{$xl=0}; $data[9] = $sm; $data[12] = $md; $data[15] = $lg; $data[18] = $xl; } print (join(',', @data)); } __DATA__ 128,1,Download,0,,TEXT,2,Size,2,??,SM,3,??,MD,4,??,LG,5,??,XL 12,1,Download,0,,TEXT,2,Size,2,??,SM,3,??,MD,4,??,LG,5,??,XL 8,1,Download,0,,TEXT,2,Size,2,??,SM,3,??,MD,4,??,LG,5,??,XL
What's scary is.... I Almost understand it.
Thanks to everyone that replied.

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