ok, i'm stuck on this one. normally i'd plug away at it until i figure it out, but i'm in a bit of a hurry to finish this off (damn deadlines). help would be much appreciated.

i'm trying to decipher some code, and something is not making sense to me. so here we go (the comments are mine) ... 
$array = [] #returns a ref to an anonymous array
push @{$array}, { key => "$val", key2 => "$val2" }; #huh?

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correct me if i'm wrong ... but from what i can figure, an anonymous numeric array ref is being deferenced, then populated with hash array data?

if not, how do i get data out of this? i don't really feel like using the trial and error method ... i'd like to actually understand what's going on.

my apologies if this is somewhat of an obvious question ... i checked through a bunch of documentation, and found no mention of this ...

thanks

-- steve

In reply to array refs, hashes, and confusion by daemonchild

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