On Jun 6, Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan said: >On Jun 6, Jerry Preston said: > >> %T_MODLUES = ( >> A1 => [ qw/ A B C D E F/ ], >> A2 => [ qw/ A B C D E F/ ], >> A3 => [ qw/ A B C D E F/ ], >> N => [ qw/ A1 A2 A3/], >> ); >> >>I have a hash that looks like the above. I want to have A1, A2 and A3 all >>point to [ qw/ A B C D E F/ ] with out having to but in separately for A1, >>A2 and A3 . The hash it's current configuration is a monster. I am look >>for a simple way to manage it.
> # also copies > @T_MODULES{qw( A1 A2 A3 )} = ([qw(A B C D E F)]) x 3; Oops! That one is NOT for copies -- the makes all three point to the same array reference, and it's probably the most convenient way to do it. -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ ** Look for "Regular Expressions in Perl" published by Manning, in 2002 ** <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]