Is it possible to use split with a hash?

like

split(/:/, %hashname);

is that possible, or does it even write the hash correctly with that?

Just a question

What are you trying to do this for?

ummm.. I'm trying to get the info from a styles file and put it into a hash.

Hard to do? or very easy to do and right under my nose?

It sounds like you want to do something like this: