Re: Array of structures within an array of structures.

Something like this:

UPDATE: In my zest to copy the original code, I made a mistake in my code below. Thanks Laurent_R for pointing it out in the node below. Corrected code follows:

# your initial definitions here

# maybe a loop starts here
my $student;  # single student
my @students; # all students in 1 class

$student = {
    studentName => 'John',
    studentSurname=>'Something',
    studentID=>'9534',
    age=>'12'
};
push @students, $student;

# Eliminate loading next student below explicitly
# by using a loop to read from source file, DB, etc.
$student = {
    studentName => 'Mary',
    studentSurname=>'Something2',
    studentID=>'5489',
    age=>'13'
};
push @students, $student;

%classroom = (
    classroomID => 10,
    classroomName => 'classroom1',
    students => \@students
);

# Rinse, repeat
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Re^2: Array of structures within an array of structures. by Laurent_R (Canon) on Sep 20, 2013 at 22:54 UTC
Hi VinsWorldcom, I guess it's a typo, but this part in your code: `$student = ( studentName => 'John', studentSurname=>'Something', studentID=>'9534', age=>'12' ); push @students, $student;` [download] probably does not work properly, as far as I can say. The value of $student is now 12 because you are assigning a list to a scalar, and you're then pushing 12 into @students. You probably want either directly an hash ref like this: `$student = { studentName => 'John', studentSurname=>'Something', studentID=>'9534', age=>'12' }; push @students, $student;` [download] Or an hash on which you later take a ref: `%student = ( studentName => 'John', studentSurname=>'Something', studentID=>'9534', age=>'12' ); push @students, \%student;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Array of structures within an array of structures. by VinsWorldcom (Prior) on Sep 20, 2013 at 23:37 UTC
You're right, I'm wrong. I've corrected my code in the node above (so as to not leave incorrect code there for posterity) and provided credit to you so your above correction doesn't seem misplaced. Thanks!	[reply]