From: "West, William M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> i tried for the longest time to get something like
> the following to work::
>
> foreach $section (keys %board){
>
> for my $a (1..19){
> for (1..19){
> $board->{"Q1S1"}->[$a]->[$_] and print "\n$a $_";
> ...
> }
> }
> }
>
>
> well, it is supposed to repeat the inner loops several times over
> right? for each hashkey, do the following.... etc etc..
>
> if i got rid of the "foreach $section (keys %board){"
> the rest would work fine. I was about to yell at you guys about it
> when, out of desperation, i tried one last thing :
>
> my $board = \%board; #first line in the whole thing
>
> and it WORKS!!!!
>
>
> It turns out that a reference to a hash that's created on the 'spur of
> the moment' and not explicitly made to refer to a %HASH doesn't work
> the same way as a real hash :P
If only you had
use strict;
on top of your script ...
To access the key 'foo' in hash %board you are supposed to use
$board{foo}, $board->{foo} accesses the 'foo' key in the hash
referenced by scalar $board.
Jenda
=========== [EMAIL PROTECTED] == http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ==========
There is a reason for living. There must be. I've seen it somewhere.
It's just that in the mess on my table ... and in my brain
I can't find it.
--- me
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
