in reply to Re: How do I empty out a hash?
in thread How do I empty out a hash?

If you really wanted to iterate over the hash, using katie's method, there is no point in fetching the VALUE, only to throw it away. Hence, I'd code it thus: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

my %hash = ( Carol => 22, Mary => 21, Chris => 30 );

for (keys %hash){
   delete $hash{$_};
};

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which is a little easier on the eye ...

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Re^2: Answer: How do I empty out a hash?
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Aug 16, 2003 at 18:07 UTC
    That builds a list of keys up front - may or may not be a bad idea. If it is, I use each in scalar context to get something similar looking: 
    my $k;
delete $hash{$k} while $k = each %hash;

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    (Incidentally, I'd write your version like so:) 
    delete $hash{$_} for keys %hash;

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