This method is also great. I know that I can print any specific clump of data. Ex.  print Dumper \@filter[0] to get the first clump of data in the array. My question is, can I (and if I can, how can I) pull out the individual elements in the array. Ex. 

 
$VAR1 = \[
            '1000_Genomes',
            '<=',
            '0.03',
            'filter ',
'           '1
          ];

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is the output I get when I print  Dumper \@filter[0] . I need to be able to use each individual element (1000_Genomes, <=, 0.03, etc..) separately throughout my program. Should I store these values in variables or what? Thanks for your assistance!!!!

In reply to Re^2: Read in a file containing the criteria for a program when it runs by dkhalfe
in thread Read in a file containing the criteria for a program when it runs by dkhalfe

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