At 12:41 PM 12/3/01 -0600, Mark Hanson wrote:
>How can I permanently modify a hash key?

Delete the original element and add a new one.

         ($newkey = $oldkey) =~ s/foo/bar/;
         $hash{$newkey} = delete $hash{$oldkey};

This isn't something I find myself doing at all often.  Doing so *may* be a 
sign of a suboptimal design.

--
Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies
http://www.perldebugged.com


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