The code below demonstrates that $x (scalar), @x (list), %x (hash) are different things.
Your instinct that anything with Perl using array indices is probably wrong, is correct. 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;

my $tokens = "32,15,4,72,13,28,14";
my @tokens = (split/,/,$tokens);
my %tokens = map {$_ => 1}@tokens;

print Dumper (\%tokens);

__END__

Prints:
$VAR1 = {
          '4' => 1,
          '32' => 1,
          '28' => 1,
          '72' => 1,
          '13' => 1,
          '14' => 1,
          '15' => 1
        };

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Reconsidering your requirements, and I will say that this is bizarre: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;

my $tokens = "32,15,4,72,13,28,14";
my @tokens = (split/,/,$tokens);
my $i=0;
my %tokens = map {$_ => $i++}@tokens;

print Dumper (\%tokens);
__END__
Prints:
VAR1 = {
          '4' => 2,
          '32' => 0,
          '28' => 5,
          '72' => 3,
          '13' => 4,
          '14' => 6,
          '15' => 1
        };

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Now again of course since this initialization, why would you need the scalar string at all? 
my @tokens = qw (32 15 4 72 13 28 14);
my $i=0;
my %tokens = map {$_ => $i++}@tokens;

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yields the same result as above.

Ok, I am going to go "crazy" here and ask why you want a hash in the first place? I am at a loss the see the usefulness of a hash here. Why do you think that you need it?

In reply to Re: Convert a string into a hash by Marshall
in thread Convert a string into a hash by vitoco

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