At 15:46 14.03.2002 -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >im using mod_perl with a module which stores all the configurations, and >embperl for displaying the wepages > >a sub in this .pm has to return a hash with the configurations > >but that hash is inside another general hash called configurations, this is >because each user of the program has its own configurations > >the sentence im using to return the value is this > > >code: >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >| return %Actions::Vars::config{$conf}; | >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >being Actions::Vars:: the name of the package, config the general hash and >$conf the name of the subhash > >remember that i need the entire subhash.. not values from it > >this isnŽt working, and because im not very expreinced with perl i searched >across with all the documentations i could find and never an example of >something like this > >if you could help iŽll greatly apreciate it
Hi, You should read the perllol documentation. It has got lots of information about what you're talking about. This isn't a mod_per specific issue. First of all: the subhash you are referring to is just a value of the %Action::Vars::config has. So you retrieve it like this: $hashref = $Actions::Vars::config{$conf} Now, that gives you a hash reference, from which you can access values using $hashref->{key} ou $$hashref{key}. If you want to retrieve the hash in normal form, like this: my %conf = get_conf($conf); You need to access all the values of the sub-hash. So you get: return %{$Actions::Vars::config{$conf}}; and then you can do: my %hash = get_conf($conf); (or whatever) This is actualle equivalent to: my $hashref = $Actions::Vars::config{$conf}; my %hash = %$hashref; Again, see perllol, it'll give you insight into this matter. -- Per Einar Ellefsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]