Re^2: Parsing a dataset into an arbitrary sized hash of hashes

The problem seems to be the absence of types in Perl: if DiveVal encounters a number, it creates an array for you, not a hash:

:) The documentation disagrees -- you can specify \2 if you want to force hash keys

Note that all 'keys' that work for arrays also work for hashes. If you have a reference that is overloaded such that it can both act as an array reference and as a hash reference or, in the case of DiveVal() and DiveRef(), if you have an undefined $ref which can be autovivified into either type of reference, then numeric-looking key values cause an array dereference. In the above cases, if you want to do a hash dereference, then you need to pass in a reference to the key.

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Re^3: Parsing a dataset into an arbitrary sized hash of hashes by choroba (Cardinal) on Apr 02, 2014 at 23:46 UTC
Great! The following change then solves the problem: `my @req = map \$_, @currentpath, $list[1], 'required';` [download] لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Parsing a dataset into an arbitrary sized hash of hashes by DunLidjun (Acolyte) on Apr 04, 2014 at 14:06 UTC
This worked perfectly! Thank you very much! Shawn Way	[reply]