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Re: Ouch! Each! Reentrant it is not

by Zaxo (Archbishop)
on Jul 15, 2005 at 02:51 UTC ( [id://475109]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Ouch! Each! Reentrant it is not

That's a nice demonstration of remembered state with each. It can be a useful property to exploit for some kinds of iterators, but it's pretty fragile. As you say, calling keys on the hash resets the each state.

You can avoid the scalar op and a useless variable by just calling keys in scalar context:

keys %hash and return "The key for 2 is $key\n" if $val == 2;

After Compline,
Zaxo

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Re^2: Ouch! Each! Reentrant it is not
by Thilosophy (Curate) on Jul 15, 2005 at 03:01 UTC
    You can avoid the scalar op and a useless variable by just calling keys in scalar context

    Taking it one step further, it seems you can also call it in void context (which is maybe more efficient):

    if ($val == 2 ){ keys %hash; return "The key for 2 is $key\n"; }
Re^2: Ouch! Each! Reentrant it is not
by greenFox (Vicar) on Jul 15, 2005 at 03:04 UTC

    You can avoid the scalar op and a useless variable by just calling keys in scalar context:

    I'd want to see that documented in the code or someone will get bitten!

    keys %hash; # reset each to beginning of hash return "The key for 2 is $key\n" if $val == 2;

    --
    Murray Barton
    Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. -Basho

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