Try $style1{'a}->[2]
The anonynous arrays are actually array references, hence the need for the
->.
Merrill
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> Subject: [perl-win32-gui] hashes/anonymous arrays
>
> I have a program I wrote (originally for straight command-line type perl)
> that I'm converting over to use the WIn32::GUI module. In it, I use 3
> hashes
> (named %style1, %style2, and %style3), all containing anonymous arrays, to
>
> house a bunch of strings (the program is for making curses-type text).
> Now,
> for some reason, in straight perl, the hashes work perfectly, but in the
> GUI
> one, when I try to access a certain one (for instance, $style1{'a'}[2]),
> it
> doesnt return anything but a blank string. Now my best guess as to whats
> wrong is a name conflict with the hashes, but I changed the names and that
>
> doesnt seem to quite work, so I'm stuck. Any ideas?
>
> -EvanK
