Is there any reason that the following structure would be inappropriate? 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

use Text::CSV_XS;

my $fh;
unless (open $fh, "filename") {
    die "No file available\n";
}

my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new({binary => 1});
my @people;

<$fh>;  # Drop column names on the floor
while ( my $line = <$fh> ) {
    my $status = $csv->parse($line);
    my @columns = $csv->fields();
    my %h;
    @h{('Name','Comment')} = @columns;
    push @people, \%h;
}
close $fh;

print "Name: " . $people[2]->{'Name'}
      . ", Comment: " . $people[2]->{'Comment'}
      . "\n";

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It seems to me that keeping the associated data together is a better solution to this problem. Also, looping by key field is more flexible than looping by dedicated array name.

In reply to Re: Read the csv file to a hash.... by snopal
in thread Read the csv file to a hash.... by isha

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