Re^2: extracting elements by key from an array of hashes

grep defined, map {$_->{'k2'}} @aoh;

This works well as long as the hash value is itself defined. But if the hash entry exists with a value of undef:

my @aoh =
(
    { k0 => 'v0'  },
    { k1 => 'v1'  },
    { k2 => undef },
    { k3 => 'v3'  },
);
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then the result of the grep will be indistinguishable from the case in which the hash entry does not exist at all. The following does distinguish between these two cases:

map { exists $_->{k2} ? $_->{k2} : () } @aoh;
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Hope that helps,

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum Iustus alius egestas vitae, eros Piratica,

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Re^3: extracting elements by key from an array of hashes by mr_ron (Deacon) on Sep 26, 2015 at 00:52 UTC
Another cleaner variant that works with the initial data structure. `my @aoh = ( {k0 => 'v0' } , {k1 => 'v1' } , {k2 => 'v2' } , {k3 => 'v3' } ); my ($val) = grep {exists $_->{k2}} @aoh; $val &&= $val->{k2};` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: extracting elements by key from an array of hashes by Discipulus (Canon) on Sep 25, 2015 at 19:24 UTC
yes, i was aware of that possibility. thanks for your code. Perl can be incredibly expressive! L* There are no rules, there are no thumbs.. Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.	[reply] [d/l]