Name test1 test2
      kim A 20  30
      kate k 40 50


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#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use IO::All;
use Data::Dumper;
#use List::Util qw(sum);

#$Data::Dumper::Useqq = 1;

my @lines = io('test_Scores.txt')->chomp->slurp;
splice @lines, 0, 1; # remove first line


my %hash;
foreach my $line (@lines) {
    $line =~ s/^\s+/ /;
    my @elements = split /\s+/, $line;  
     my $key = join '-',splice @elements, 0, 2;      
    $hash{$key} = \@elements if length($key) > 0; 
   
}

#Data::Dumper::Useqq = 1;
print Dumper \%hash;

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$var1 ={ 'kim-a' =>['20',
                          '30'],
               'kate-k' =>['40',
                            '50']} 

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$var1 ={ 'kim-a' =>[25],
               'kate-k' =>[45']}