On 12/16/05, John W. Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kevin Old wrote:
> > On 12/16/05, John W. Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>Kevin Old wrote:
> >>
> >>>I'm trying to define a constant hash and have the following:
> >>>
> >>>use constant STOPWORDS => map { lc $_ , 1 } qw(a about above across adj
> >>>after);
> >>>
> >>>I do not get a hash from this.
> >>You are defining STOPWORDS as a list.
> >
> > What is the correct way to define STOPWORDS as a hash?
>
> You can't because perl implements constants using subroutines and subroutines
> can only return a list.
So to achieve an anonymous hash I'd have to do the following, correct?
use constant STOPWORDS => {
'a' => 1,
'about' => 1,
'above' => 1,
'across' => 1,
'adj' => 1,
'after' => 1,
};
Thanks for your help,
Kevin
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