The hash was not suggested because of efficiency.
I suggested a hash because they require less coding and make your life
so much easier.
Less coding, less room for errors, nicer code, etc.
Not to mention that filling a hash from a textfile is trivial, so you
can move the associations into a file.
open FILE, "< $assocFile";
foreach (<FILE>) {
/^([^|]+)|(.*)$/; # Find beginning of line until a pipe (arbitrary
marker) and pipe until end of line
$assocHash{$1} = $2;
}
close FILE;
I think the loop can be done in one less line, but who cares...
On 4/18/07, Johnson, Reginald (GTI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, that solves my problem. I could've looked at the hold day and would
not have caught it.
I guess a hash would be more efficient, but since that's not an issue
for me at this time I'll stick with what I got.
Thanks!
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