Re: Deprecated perl hash reference statement problem

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RE: Deprecated perl hash reference statement problem

Tony Frasketi wrote: >Both $hash->{$key} and $$hash{$key} work fine and this also works >Although I'm not sure why ${$hash}{$key}. There is a reason for this. Let's say you had two variables: %hash (a hash) $hash (a hash reference) You could confuse the interpreter if you wrote this:

Re: Deprecated perl hash reference statement problem

On Oct 4, Tony Frasketi said: Both $hash->{$key} and $$hash{$key} work fine and this also works Although I'm not sure why ${$hash}{$key}. The reason ${$hash}{$key} works is because it's a generalization of $$hash{$key}. The rule of thumb is: 1. start with $HASH{key} 2. replace HASH wit

Re: Deprecated perl hash reference statement problem

Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote: %hash->{$key} and @array->[$idx] are syntaces that you should not use. The fact that they work is due to intricacies of the Perl parser. Similarly, %{$hashref}->{$key} and @{$arrayref}->[$idx] are equally bad. Use $hash{$key} and $array[$idx] for normal hash and a

RE: Deprecated perl hash reference statement problem

>Timothy Johnson wrote: > >>It depends on what you're trying to do. if $hashRef is a hash >>reference, then the correct syntax would be: >> >> $hashRef->{$key} = $value; >> >>or >> >> %{$hashRef}{$key} = $value; >> >>What you're saying below is something like: >> >>-- Take $hashRef and deref

Re: Deprecated perl hash reference statement problem

On Oct 4, Tony Frasketi said: sub get_form_data_1 { my($hashRef) = @_; my($buffer) = ""; my($key,$value,$pair,@pairs); if ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq "GET") { $buffer = $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'}; }else { read(STDIN, $buffer, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'}); } @pairs = split(/&/, $buffer); for

Re: Deprecated perl hash reference statement problem

Timothy Johnson wrote: It depends on what you're trying to do. if $hashRef is a hash reference, then the correct syntax would be: $hashRef->{$key} = $value; or %{$hashRef}{$key} = $value; What you're saying below is something like: -- Take $hashRef and dereference it to %HASH1 (I'm giv

Re: Deprecated perl hash reference statement problem

On Oct 4, Tony Frasketi said: I've used the following statement in several instances before and never had any errors reported and the programs all seem to work ok. %{$hashRef}->{$key} = $value; %hash->{$key} and @array->[$idx] are syntaces that you should not use. The fact that they work i

RE: Deprecated perl hash reference statement problem

It depends on what you're trying to do. if $hashRef is a hash reference, then the correct syntax would be: $hashRef->{$key} = $value; or %{$hashRef}{$key} = $value; What you're saying below is something like: -- Take $hashRef and dereference it to %HASH1 (I'm giving it a name for cl