I have loads of data files that I need to sort.

Here is one data file:

name:chris:
age:27:
sex:male:

What I do, for easy access, is to load in the file and then turn it into a hash array like so:

close FILE;

    ($left,$right)=split(/:/,$line);
    $DATA{$left}=$right;
    }

I have a loop to do this for all the files, but what if I only want cirtain files depending on their content like so:

$counter=0;


    open(FILE,$file);

    close FILE;
    undef $DATA;

        ($left,$right)=split(/:/,$line);
        $DATA{$left}=$right;
        }

    if($DATA{'age'}<20){
        $NEWARRAY[$counter++]=$DATA;    # THIS LINE IS WRONG - HOW DO I DO IT?
        }
    }

    foreach $key (keys %NEWARRAY[$loop]){    #AND HERE
        print "$NEWARRAY[$loop]{$key}\n\n";        #AND HERE
        }
    }

Oh dear, I know what I want to do, but its the right syntax I want.

I wont hastle any more after this one!

Chris D