Re: [Boston.pm] This example from "Perl Best Practices" is confusing me

thanks, I get it now! -- Bob (sent from my Treo) On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:48:07 -0500 (EST) Justin L Deri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >This example is just creating a hash. >... 1. So you end up with a >hash like > >( q => 1, quit => 1, bye => 1, etc...)

Re: [Boston.pm] This example from "Perl Best Practices" is confusing me

This example is just creating a hash. There isn't really a "test" inside the map code. It just returns a list of values: first the word (e.g. q quit bye exit) and secondly 1. So you end up with a hash like ( q => 1, quit => 1, bye => 1, etc...) If this example used grep rather than map, then I

Re: [Boston.pm] This example from "Perl Best Practices" is confusing me

It's not a test, in perl 6 parlance that's a pair... it's for creating a hash form a list. PS> You'd have had your answer sooner if fucking Comcast would stop dropping packets like crzy and breaking connections >-| -- H4sICNoBwDoAA3NpZwA9jbsNwDAIRHumuC4NklvXTOD0KSJEnwU8fHz4Q8M9i3sGzkS7BBrm OkCTws

Re: [Boston.pm] This example from "Perl Best Practices" is confusing me

>I came couldn't figure out what a fat comma would >mean in a test inside a map block. Is this a typo >(possibly meaning "(#_ >= 1)" instead) or is there $_ >= 1 Fixing a couple of typo's of my own :-) ___ Boston-pm maili

[Boston.pm] This example from "Perl Best Practices" is confusing me

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