if($msg =~ /!info\s+(.{6})/) {
                my $info = $1;
                my $database = "list.txt";
                open FILE,"$database" or die "Error Opening: $!";
                my @results = <FILE>;
                close FILE;
                my $var = 0;
                my $chkvar = 0;
                foreach my $url(@results) {
                    if($url =~ m/$info\|(.*)\|(.*)/) {
                        if($var  == 0) {
                            $var = 1;
                            sendmsg($irc_socket, "PRIVMSG $channel &#9
+219;4,1[&#9219;0,1BANK&#9219;4,1]&#9219;9,1 $1");
                            goto finish;
                        }
                    }else{
                        $chkvar = 1;
                    }
                }
                if($chkvar == 1) {
                    sendmsg($irc_socket, "PRIVMSG $channel &#9219;4,1[
+&#9219;0,1BANK&#9219;4,1]&#9219;7,1 Could not retreive bank");
                }
                finish:
            }

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i have this piece of code from an irc bot and what it does it read the first 6 digits from the file when someone types !bank 123456 and display whats after it.. example of text file: 

518767|CAIXA ECONOMICA FEDERAL|LA BRA BRASILIA |BRAZIL|

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Now I had a question, since im no guru at all in perl. How oculd I change this function to say like the command be !state and the person says: !state NY

it reads from the file and it returns the results as State NY = > New York.

ive tried the same concept as above and made the abbreviations of the states and text file looking like: NY|New York but did not have any sucesss.. could someone point me in the right direction?

Update: Thanks

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