On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 13:23 -0700, Noah wrote: > okay that basically answers my question. I will have to figure out to > define a key that is the root key. > > > John W. Krahn wrote: > > Noah wrote: > >> Hi there, > > > > Hello, > > > >> What is the easiest way to store the first key of a hash to a scalar > >> variable? > > > > A hash doesn't have a "first" key. Which key do you really want? > > > > > > John >
Hashes don't have root keys either; all keys are equal in a hash. And all their values are equal too. -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn "Where there's duct tape, there's hope." Cross Time Cafe "Perl is the duct tape of the Internet." Hassan Schroeder, Sun's first webmaster -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/