Hi Rob,
Rob Dixon wrote:
>Hi Jan.
>
>If you want to test a static (unchanging) array for the containment of many
>different
>values you should build a hash out of the array elements:
>
> my @data = 'a' .. 'm';
> my %data_hash;
> @[EMAIL PROTECTED] = ();
>
I see. But shouldn't the last line be a complete hash slice:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] = ();
>Then simply check for the existence of a hash element with the
>required value as a key:
>
>
> for (split '', 'robdixon') {
> if (exists $data_hash{$_}) {
> printf "Element %s found in [EMAIL PROTECTED]", $_;
> }
> else {
> printf "Element %s isn't in [EMAIL PROTECTED]", $_;
> }
> }
>
I thought of the exists function, but I always hesitate to use a hash if my data is
not really hash-like. Thinking perlish is still on my to do list.
Thank you!
- Jan
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