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in thread how to avoid mis-spelling hash keys?

I think doing approximate string matches for hash keys in objects would be the programmer's equivalent to playing Russian Roulette. Bad idea.
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Re: Re: Re: how to avoid mis-spelling hash keys?
by Beatnik (Parson) on Jan 05, 2003 at 18:25 UTC
    Well, if there is an exact match, it's no roulette. There are quite simple techniques to verify a hash key actually exists. In fact, like janx noted above, there's Tie::Hash::Approx by our very own OeufMayo which does pretty much just that :)

    Tie::Hash::Approx - Approximative match of hash keys using String::Approx

    Greetz
    Beatnik
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