> You will note that the documentation says "apparently random order." In > more recent versions of Perl (IIRC starting at 5.8.1) randomness was > added to hash keys for security reasons. In previous versions the order > of the hash keys was determined by the hash function used which appeared > random because it was not the same order that the keys were entered. > As to your question, if the hash keys remain the same then the order > will remain the same. However, if you add or delete keys then the order > may change.
Thanks for the information John. Will the order only change if I add or delete keys? Or if I am modifying large numbers of keys? I'm using 5.8.3, and probably will always be adding/removing keys, so I think it's probably ok for my uses. -Phil -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
