Your error is in the exact line that Perl complains about. It is in the exact spot that Perl complains about. Why do you not believe Perl?

Simply change your code to read:

last if ($line =~ /End Product/);

There is no ~= operator in Perl, which is what the first error means.

As for the second error, you're declaring $ref in the same line in which you try to access it. Why would there be anything in $ref, much less a hash reference that contains a key named 'name'?

I suggest rereading perldoc perlop, perlvar, and maybe perlref.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: how to hash this by chromatic
in thread how to hash this by malaga

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