#! perl -slw
use strict;
use Data::Dump qw[ pp ]; $Data::Dump::WIDTH = 50;

$/ = ''; ## para mode; see Perlvar

my %hash;
while( <DATA> ) {
    my %subhash;
    for my $line ( split "\n" ) {
        my( $key, $value ) = split /\s+:\s+/, $line;
        $subhash{ $key } = $value;
    }
    $hash{ $subhash{ FullName } } = \%subhash;
}

pp \%hash;

__DATA__
FullName        : User1
Home Address        : 111 address lane
Phone            : 555-555-5555

FullName        : User2
Home Address        : 222 address lane 2
Phone            : 777-777-7777

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Produces:

c:\test>junk7
{
  User1 => {
             FullName => "User1",
             "Home Address" => "111 address lane",
             Phone => "555-555-5555",
           },
  User2 => {
             FullName => "User2",
             "Home Address" => "222 address lane 2",
             Phone => "777-777-7777",
           },
}

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In reply to Re: creating hash of hashes from input file by BrowserUk
in thread creating hash of hashes from input file by perlnewbie9292

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