Rob Tanner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said something to this effect:
> There's always more than one way to skin a cat, and I've tried several.
> This is what I really want to accomplish:
>
> my $colleague = {};
> @{$colleague} = { "status",
> "id",
> "last_name",
> "first_name",
> "middle_name",
> "campus",
> "dob"
> } = split(/:/, $record);
Write it as @{$colleague}{@keys} = (@values), e.g.:
bash $ perl
my $colleague = {};
my $record = join(':',(1..7));
@{$colleague}{"status",
"id",
"last_name",
"first_name",
"middle_name",
"campus",
"dob"} = split(':',$record);
print map { sprintf "%s => %s\n",$_,$colleague->{$_} } keys %{$colleague};
^D
first_name => 4
status => 1
last_name => 3
campus => 6
id => 2
dob => 7
middle_name => 5
bash $
(darren)
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