spencerr1 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm doing an exercise. I have an hash. Course number => Course name

%course (

"2CPR2B" => "C Language",

"4PL400" => "Perl Language");

I'm asking for user to enter course number on cmd line and I want to print the value of the entered course number. For example

You are taking (course name) this summer

thanks Mark

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Re: Hash question
by NetWallah (Canon) on Apr 13, 2013 at 16:39 UTC
    Your code as posted does not compile.

    The correct syntax would be: 

     my %course =( "2CPR2B" => "C Language",
               "4PL400" => "Perl Language");

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    Now, to access the %course hash, you need to index it by a key. Hashes require the use of braces "{}" for indexing (aka subscripting). for example, 
      print $course{"2CPR2B"}, "\n";

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    Would print out "C Language".

    See List value constructors for more information on how to populate hashes, and extract from them.

    The "subscripts" section of "perldoc perldata" has information on the syntax of hash subscripts.

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      Thanks and thanks for the heads up on the perl doc

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Re: Hash question (perlintro/perlfaq)
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 14, 2013 at 08:41 UTC
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