in reply to Hash reference question

Usually, when you want a hashreference, you use the $ prototype. After all, a hash reference is a scalar. The prototypes \% and \@ are special. It means that a variable in that slot has to start with a % or a @, and that the hash or array will not be flattened out. You would use this to prototype functions with a similar behaviour as keys or push.

-- Abigail

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RE: Re: Hash reference question
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 14, 2000 at 13:24 UTC
    The funny thing about the issue is that this worked OK: 
    my %funny;

foo(\%funny);

sub foo(\%)
{
    my $foo = shift;
    $foo->{"FOO"} = "BAR";
}

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    If foo was from a module, it didn't work.. But thanks, now I know.
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