Data::Dumper and MLDBM would work quite well. However, this would
also be an excellent opportunity to make use of some XML.

In an XML file, you could simply say:
<addys>
   <reallyhotchick>
      <phone>555.555.5555</phone>
      <name>Jane Shmoe</name>
      <cell>555.555.5555</cell>
      <nick>reallyhotchick</nick>
   </reallyhotchick>
</addys>

[download]
There are quite a few Perl modules at CPAN
which will parse an XML file for you. You can just go
there and do a search for 'XML'. I have in the past found
XML::Simple, XML::TokeParser, and XML::Twig to be useful.
Those three all use XML::Parser to do their dirty work.

If you're feeling particularly adventurous, you could always
try and use XML::Parser directly. However, most of what you may
want to do has already been implemented, and no need to
reinvent the wheel unless you're trying to learn how
something works :-)

Good Luck!
-Eric

In reply to Re: writing an address book program by andreychek
in thread writing an address book program by mexnix

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