Re: How to get a slice of hash ref that a sub returns.

OK, I got it (after I tried several million things):

sub x { return {qw(a b c d)}; }
print @{%{x()}}{"a","c"};
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The trick was to kill the arrow (even though I am not yet sure why).

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(tye)Re: How to get a slice of hash ref that a sub returns. by tye (Sage) on Apr 18, 2002 at 21:56 UTC
You can drop the %{}: `sub x { return {qw(a b c d)}; } print @{x()}{"a","c"};` [download] I find that references quick reference makes this stuff easy to remember. - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")	[reply] [d/l]