HI...
I been trying to do this for a while now....
Suppose i have a text file.. say data.txt that contains the following information:
name = "varun"
ip='9.12.23.222' #including the irregular spaces

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i'm not quiet sure how to use data::dumper...
but is it possible to read the ip address and name into separate variables in my perl code.
something like data->name, the way we reference other data
If so then how?
Oh and yea does it make a difference in accessing the data from this text file if i use single quotes and double quotes?
Here's the code im currently using: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

$data="./DATA.txt";

if (open(INFILE, $data)) {
    @svr_raw = <INFILE>;
    close(INFILE);
    } else {
    print "File  $data does not exist or is corrupted\n";
}

print $svr_raw->{name};

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OUTPUT : 
administrator@varunraj ~/scripts
$ ./learn_2.pl
Global symbol "$data" requires explicit package name at ./learn_2.pl l
+ine 6.
Global symbol "$data" requires explicit package name at ./learn_2.pl l
+ine 8.
Global symbol "@svr_raw" requires explicit package name at ./learn_2.p
+l line 9.
Global symbol "$data" requires explicit package name at ./learn_2.pl l
+ine 12.
Global symbol "$svr_raw" requires explicit package name at ./learn_2.p
+l line 15

Execution of ./learn_2.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

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Required output: 
varun

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In reply to Accessing data present in a text file with references... by VGR

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