in reply to hash key regular expression pattern

use Tie::RegexpHash from CPAN!

there's also Tie::Hash::Regex by our fellow davorg, but I can't see the difference between the two :-)

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Aldo

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Re: Re: hash key regular expression pattern
by davorg (Chancellor) on Nov 14, 2002 at 13:01 UTC

    There is a difference, but it's a bit subtle.

    With Tie::RegexpHash you set your hash keys to regular expressions and then look them up using fixed strings.

    With Tie::Hash::Regex you set the keys to fixed strings and then look them up using regular expressions.

    In this case, it looks like Tie::RegexpHash is the way to go.

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