how to read a 2 dim-array

gary55zw has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: how to read a 2 dim-array by davorg (Chancellor) on Oct 04, 2001 at 14:36 UTC
OK Gary, here's some help that might get you started. To open a file you use the `open` function. To read data from a file a record at a time, you use the `<FILEHANDLE>` operator. To split a record into individual fields you probably want the `split` function. To learn about creating complex data structures you should read the perlreftut and perldsc manual pages. The definitive list of good Perl books is in perlfaq2. Hope this helps. p.s. As this is my 1000th post to the Monastery, I'd just like to take this opportunity to thank Larry, my family, my friends, london.pm, all the Perlmonks and everyone else who's ever met me for making it all so much fun :) p.p.s. And an especially big thank you to the unknown lecturer from the University of London who is sending such interesting questions to us! -- <http://www.dave.org.uk> "The first rule of Perl club is you don't talk about Perl club."	[reply]
Re: how to read a 2 dim-array by s0ttle (Scribe) on Oct 04, 2001 at 16:34 UTC
There is a tutorial on Multidimensional Arrays.	[reply]
Re: how to read a 2 dim-array by davorg (Chancellor) on Oct 04, 2001 at 13:10 UTC
When you previewed that posting, did you see the text that said: If something looked unlike you expected it to you might need to check out Writeup Formatting Tips Only, I'm guessing that this didn't look like you expected it to (judging by what I saw when I looked at the source). But you decided to press ahead anyway and let us make the effort to understand what it was supposed to look like. You'll get much more help if you make it as easy as possible for us to understand your problem. Oh, and that post had nothing to do with Perl. That code looks more like Pascal to me. -- <http://www.dave.org.uk> "The first rule of Perl club is you don't talk about Perl club."	[reply]
Re: how to read a 2 dim-array by mischief (Hermit) on Oct 04, 2001 at 13:16 UTC
Please do not feed the trolls. update: Just so people know, the post was badly formatted and looked a lot more like a troll when I first posted this...	[reply]
Re: Re: how to read a 2 dim-array by Caillte (Friar) on Oct 04, 2001 at 13:37 UTC
Feed the trolls! Save the billy goats!! `$japh->{'Caillte'} = $me;`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: how to read a 2 dim-array by suaveant (Parson) on Oct 04, 2001 at 17:23 UTC
I dunno, they are not so much trolls as... automatons... ba-dump-bump-CHING! Thank you and good night! - Ant - Some of my best work - Fish Dinner	[reply]