Re^2: Iterate over a perl nested hash data structure

So for instance I want to read the hash and do something like this. If find hash called 'bigstor_nfs' then print out to another file all the key/value pairs. then carry on to the next hash name at this level in the data structure. If thats called 'test_nfs' then print out all the key/values pairs to the same output file and then continue doing this comparing the names of each hash until the end of the data structure I think this is possible. I have tried so may different ways and I cant get this to work. Please can you help me?

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Re^3: Iterate over a perl nested hash data structure by aitap (Curate) on Feb 20, 2013 at 16:17 UTC
As far as I understand the JSON syntax, your document contains only one array (under 'dev' key) which consists of only one hash (with only one key called 'nfsmount'). All other data structures are hashes, which only allow unique key names. Thus, you need to print only two hash keys and there is no need in manual listing of all keys in this document. Try this: `use JSON; use Data::Dumper; ...; # open files, read the JSON string my $data = decode_json $your_json_string; for (qw/bigstor_nfs test_nfs/) { # list of keys to search for print {$filehandle} Dumper { $_ => $data->{tag}{dev}[0]{nfsmount}{$_} + } if exists $data->{tag}{dev}[0]{nfsmount}{$_}; # print to prevousely opened filehandle: # the results of "dumping" of anonymous hash reference # containing the key and its value # if this key exists in the main hash }` [download] Sorry if my advice was wrong.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: Iterate over a perl nested hash data structure
by aitap (Curate) on Feb 20, 2013 at 16:17 UTC

As far as I understand the JSON syntax, your document contains only one array (under 'dev' key) which consists of only one hash (with only one key called 'nfsmount'). All other data structures are hashes, which only allow unique key names.

Thus, you need to print only two hash keys and there is no need in manual listing of all keys in this document. Try this:

use JSON;
use Data::Dumper;
...; # open files, read the JSON string
my $data = decode_json $your_json_string;
for (qw/bigstor_nfs test_nfs/) { # list of keys to search for
 print {$filehandle} Dumper { $_ => $data->{tag}{dev}[0]{nfsmount}{$_}
+ } if exists $data->{tag}{dev}[0]{nfsmount}{$_};
 # print to prevousely opened filehandle:
 # the results of "dumping" of anonymous hash reference
 # containing the key and its value
 # if this key exists in the main hash
}
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Sorry if my advice was wrong.

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