On Fri, 17 May 2002 17:10:53 +0300 (EEST) Viljo Marrandi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: $vars->{'key2'} = "value of second key"; The hash $vars points to has a key named "key2". : $vars = { : xxx => "AAA", : yyy => "BBB", : zzz => "CCC", : }; Now you change the reference stored in $var. It points to an entirely new hash, whose keys are "xxx", "yyy" and "zzz". : $vars->{'key1'} = "value of first key"; Here you add the key "key1" to the hash $vars points to. : Problem is, that value of key2 is lost after I set values to xxx, yyy and : zzz, but key1 is ok. $vars contains a reference to a hash that has nothing to do with the first one, you didn't create a key named "key2" in that hash. -- fxn