$n=0;

for (@raw_list) {
$n=$n+1;
  my @entry = split(/,/, $_);
  $sucker= {
        FIRSTNAME          => $entry[0],
        LASTNAME           => $entry[1],
        HAIRCOLOR          => $entry[2],
        };

  $friends{$n}=$sucker;
  }


@results=grep ($$_{HAIRCOLOR}=~ /brown/i && $$_{FIRSTNAME}=~  /^j.*/i,
+ @friends{sort keys %friends});

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Is this an ok way to get all of the friends with brown hair
and firstnames beg with the letter "j"?

In reply to grep help by sickboy

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