If you want to assign an array to a fixed key that is if you want something
like: one key -> multiple values(eg array)
you can use
my $label_hash{$key1} = [@array1];
$label_hash{$key2} = [@array2];
...
...
Urmil
-----Original Message-----
From: Felix Geerinckx [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 9:17 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: assigning array to hash
on Fri, 26 Apr 2002 14:09:24 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Noel Fell)
wrote:
> Below is part of some code that reads from a file to an array and
> then attempts to assign the array to a hash. I get no compiling
> errors, but %label_hash is empty. No doubt I am being stupid. Has
> anyone a suggestion how to fill the hash variable?
> Thanks,
> Dick Fell
This depends on what you mean by 'assigning the array to a hash'.
A hash consists of (key, value) pairs.
> my %label_hash=@label_array;
This works if @label_array has an even number of elements, being
equivalent with the following explicit assignments:
$label_hash{$label_array[0]} = $label_array[1];
$label_hash{$label_array[2]} = $label_array[3];
etc...
If the array has an odd number of elements, you get a fatal 'Odd
number of elements in hash assignment' error.
But maybe you want to assign the elements of your array to the keys
of your hash? This can be done as follows:
$label_hash{$_}++ for (@label_array);
--
felix
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