This seemed like it would be easy when I decided to do it but it turned out to be a bit more difficult than I would have thought.

Basically, I've got a file.

data.txt

that is full of data formatted like this:

name|value

and in side a script i've got a hash

%stuff (

);

I want the data to go inside the hash.
I've done this and dozens of other variations 
open (OUT, "data.txt") || die "Can't open the data file";


foreach $i ($data[0], $data[1]){
chomp($i);
($short,$place) = split(/\|/,$i);


%stuff = (
'$short' => '$place',

);

close(OUT);

}

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While there are no errors that are obvious with in the scripts performance, the desired outcome does not happen.

short is supposed to filter to place.

Think of it as a word filter..

Now, it works perfectly when I actually have the hash data there in this format

'short' => 'place',

but I can't get it to properly read and covert from the data file.

Any suggestions or ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks in advance

In reply to noob with hash/data file question by bhall

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