Re: element of an array of arrays

this pushes one joined line

  DB<103> push( @Records, join ',', ( "AAA", 20130610, 730, 1015, "\n"
+ ) );
 => 1

  DB<104> \@Records
 => ["AAA,20130610,730,1015,\n"]
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you rather want something like

  DB<106> push @Records, [ "AAA", 20130610, 730, 1015 ];
 => 1

  DB<107> \@Records
 => [["AAA", 20130610, 730, 1015]]

  DB<108> $Records[0][2]
 => 730
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see perldsc#ARRAYS OF ARRAYS

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

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Re^2: element of an array of arrays by JockoHelios (Scribe) on Jun 17, 2013 at 02:28 UTC
The joins were an attempt to correct the problem I was initially running into. Without the joins, that syntax produced a similar error. But it was stating that I couldn't use the string "20130610" as an array reference. Using the joins produced the error with the entire row as the string I couldn't use. Dyslexics Untie !!!	[reply]
Re^3: element of an array of arrays by LanX (Saint) on Jun 17, 2013 at 08:40 UTC
Sorry I don't understand you! Could you plz give me an code example reproducing this other error? Maybe the problem is connected to the fact that you are trying to print the AoA in a whole `print @array` ... this will result in a list of stringified array-refs. `ARRAY(0x8bfc3f8) ...` Better use Data::Dumper `Dumper` like kcott showed you or print the single subarrays to get the leaf-elements stringified. `print "@$_\n" for @array;` HTH Cheers Rolf ( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)	[reply] [d/l] [select]