>> Is there any way to make a new variable, @something, that is just another
>> name for the array that was passed in by reference? Since I'm building a
>> complex data structure, having to include all those @{}'s can get annoying.
>
> Elements of a hash referenced by $h can be accessed by $h->{key}. Nested
> structures can sometimes be simplified: $h->{key1}->[key2} is a two-level
> nested hash, which can be simplified to $h->{key1}{key2}. The array-of-array
> element ${${$a}[2]}[3] can be written as $a->[2]->[3], which can be
> simplified to $a->[2][3], and so on.
This is great advice. I often end up with things like @{$a{$i}{$j}}[4,7,9],
which can be a little painful both to write and to read, but I think this
will help...
Thanks, Jim.
- Bryan
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