@list = (\%hash_one, \%hash_two, \%hash_three);
Look at Making References and Using references in perlref.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Eisengrein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Carl Jolley'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Perl-Win32-Users Mailing List (E-mail)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 4:32 PM
Subject: RE: @$_ works, so why doesn't %$_ ?
> Like this?
> @list = ([%hash_one],[%hash_two],[%hash_three]);
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Carl Jolley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 4:24 PM
> > To: Peter Eisengrein
> > Cc: Perl-Win32-Users Mailing List (E-mail)
> > Subject: Re: @$_ works, so why doesn't %$_ ?
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Peter Eisengrein wrote:
> >
> > > Aaarggghhhhh. This is making me nutty! I have several
> > hashes that I want to
> > > process identically, so I put their names in an array and
> > want to call those
> > > names iteratively from the array. But I just can't get it
> > to work. Please
> > > help!
> > >
> > >
> > > ### here's what I am trying to do:
> > > my @list = ("hash_one","hash_two","hash_three");
> > > foreach (@list)
> > > {
> > > ### now process %$_ which I want to be
> > > ### %hash_one
> > > ### then %hash_two
> > > ### then %hash_three
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I've used @$_ before, so why doesn't %$_ work? I've tried...
> > > %$_
> > > %{$_}
> > > %${_}
> > > %{${_}}
> > > %\$_
> > > %(eval($_))
> > > ... and every other combination I can think of. I'll just
> > be here banging my
> > > head on my desk........
> >
> > To avoid being evil, I suggest instead of putting the names in the
> > list that you put a reference to each hash in the list.
> >
> > **** [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Carl Jolley>
> > **** All opinions are my own and not necessarily those of my
> > employer ****
> > k
> >
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