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> On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 11:07:24PM +0300, Gaal Yahas wrote:
> > I like hash slices:
> >
> > ($one, $two, $three) = @hash{ qw/aaa bbb ccc/ };
> >
> > Sadly, this doesn't work as an lvalue:
> >
> > @hash{ qw/aaa bbb ccc/ } = ($one, $two, $three); # WRONG
>
> It doesn't?
>
> $ perl -wle '$one=1; $two=2; $three=3; @h{qw(a b c)} = ($one,$two,$three); print %h'
> c3a1b2
You cannot print hash, like you can print a list. Because elements in the
hash are stored differently to optimize retrieval of hash elements.
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