James Hooker wrote:
> Does anyone know what the maximum length of a hash key can be.
> I am using very long string names for keys in a hash. Does anyone know
> what the key length limit is?
Some simple trial and error yields 251 characters.
> $key = "keyname....................
>
> $hash{$key} = $somevalue;
>
> Also, does anyone know how to predefine the length of a hash with
> multiple keys?
I don't think multiple keys has any bearing (I have been wrong once or
twice though).
> This defines 10,000 key/value pairs.
> %hash = 10_000;
>
> How do you pre-define key/value pairs for $hash{key1}{key2}{key3} ?
Not sure what you mean. Do you mean how do you statically init that
hash or dynamically set it or what ?
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