Soham Das wrote: > Hello All, > > I wanted some guidance with these questions of mine: > > a.. How do I initialise an array of a definite size with > zero. Say the C equivalent of such a statement will be: > > int a[125]; > for(i=0;i<125;i++) > a[i]=0; > my @array; $array[$_] = 0 for 0..125;
> b. Is it possible, to have dates as index? I am trying to > parse and process data corresponding to a list of "trades" > I have made(financial trades) and want to see, how my > portfolio varies with time. So is it possible to do in > such a way? > Here you're looking for an associative array, also known as a hash. Hash Crash Course: http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2006/11/02/all-about-hashes.html How Hashes Really Work: http://www.perl.com/lpt/a/679 -- Ron -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
