The variable $stn is the current hash you are building up. When you encounter a /^H/ or /^reclin/ or the end of input, you want to save that hash to your array and reset it:
my $stn; # current stn hash being constructed ... while (<IN>) { if (/^H/ || /^reclin/i) { if ($stn) { ...save $stn...; $stn = undef; # reset stn hash } } if (/^H/ ... /[<\[]/) { ... same code ... } next if (/^reclin/i); ... parse new $stn hash values ... $stn->{$s} = [ $x, $y, $z ]; } if ($stn) { ...save $stn... }

In reply to Re: Matching next line in text file by pc88mxer
in thread Matching next line in text file by YYCseismic

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