Tanktalus,

my ($id_name, $filename, $last_name, $first_name, $alignment, $generic_class_name, $class_name, $generic_race, $race, $gender, $experience, $strength, $dexterity, $constitution, $intelligence, $wisdom, $charisma) = qw(test) x 17; is just a placeholder, and will be gone in the final code as will all the Data::Dumper stuff since it isn't doing me any good at the moment.

I have read, reread, and reread Text::CSV and Text::CSV_XS, and they do not tell me what I need to know, how to use the data once I get it. I tried to bind the columns, and that didn't work. I am at my wits end trying to make this work. I just don't get what Text::CSV is doing.

I can't even figure out why tie %csv, qw(Tie::IxHash); doesn't work.

I have written the two hashes in two ways, and they don't work.

%general_information = (
  "class(es)" => $csv{"class_name"},
  alignment => $csv{"alignment"},
  race => $csv{"race"},
  gender => $csv{"gender"},
);

%ability_scores = (
  strength => $csv{"strength"},
  dexterity => $csv{"dexterity"},
  constitution => $csv{"constitution"},
  intelligence => $csv{"intelligence"},
  wisdom => $csv{"wisdom"},
  charisma => $csv{"charisma"},
);

%general_information = (
  "class(es)" => $csv->{class_name},
  alignment => $csv->{alignment},
  race => $csv->{race},
  gender => $csv->{gender},
);

%ability_scores = (
  strength => $csv->{strength},
  dexterity => $csv->{dexterity},
  constitution => $csv->{constitution},
  intelligence => $csv->{intelligence},
  wisdom => $csv->{wisdom},
  charisma => $csv->{charisma},
);

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I am missing a big piece of this puzzle and don't know what it is.

Have a nice day!
Lady Aleena

In reply to Re^2: How to set variable names using Text::CSV? by Lady_Aleena
in thread How to set variable names using Text::CSV? by Lady_Aleena

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