in reply to Re: Re: Re: Simple hash assignment...or is it?
in thread Simple hash assignment...or is it?

Thanks...I'm sure you can tell I come from a C++/Java upbringing. The hash that Dumper displays is exactly what I want the hash to look like. The problem is that the keys (in @tcp_utilization_metrics) which are used to create the hash, don't seem to work to retrieve values from the hash. That's what has me so confused: both the hash and the array LOOK right, but something I don't know about ISN'T right.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Simple hash assignment...or is it?
by Roger (Parson) on Nov 22, 2003 at 01:21 UTC
    To print the values in a hash, use the keys keyword.
    my %hash = ( 'a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3); foreach (keys %hash) { print "$_ => $hash{$_}\n"; }
    Cheers. :-)

      To print the values in a hash, use the keys keyword.
       
      my %hash = ( 'a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3);
      
      foreach (keys %hash) {
        print "$_ => $hash{$_}\n";
      }
      
        Cheers. :-)
      
      In general, I wouldn't say that. "keys" is a standard Perl function (not a keyword), of which you can omit the () because there is a prototype known for it. Furthermore:

      • If you want the values of a hash in no particular order as a list, use the values function.
        my @value = values %hash;
      • If you want the keys of a hash in no particular order as a list, use the keys function.
        my @key = keys %hash;
      • If you want either the values or keys in a particular order, use sort() as well.
        my @value = sort values %hash; my @key = sort keys %hash; foreach (sort keys %hash) { print "$_ => $hash{$_}\n"; }
      • If you want to show the keys and possibly the associated values in no particular order, use each.
        while (my $key = each %hash) { print "$key\n"; } while (my ($key,$value) = each %hash) { print "$key => $value\n"; }
      The reason for using each() over keys(), is that keys() (and values()) build a list of the values. For large hashes, this list can get very big and cosume a lot of memory. You don't have that when you're using each(), as it will only fetch one key or one key/value pair from the hash at a time.

      Liz