Ok - I'll take a stab at answering your question "What am I doing wrong?" :

• Not using 'strict'. (add "use strict;" to the top of your code)
• Not using canonical "open" with local filehandle. (Try : open(my $f, "<", $file) or die "Cannot open '$file':$!";)
• Not declaring variables (use my @array; (follows from "use strict"))
• Not formatting/aligning your code for visibility
• Not following advice (davido's code works for what you need)
• Not reading how hashes work
• Not closing the file handle you opened.
• Not posing your question(s) clearly
• Not showing what you expect as a result of your code
• Not showing sample data

The answer to the question in your previous post on the meaning of "/g" can be found by running "perldoc perlre".

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