Hi Monks,

I see that perldsc shows one way to generate an array of hashes from a file, is like this: 

# reading from file
# format: LEAD=fred FRIEND=barney
while ( <> ) {
  $rec = {};
  for $field ( split ) {
    ($key, $value) = split /=/, $field;
    $rec->{$key} = $value;
  }
  push @AoH, $rec;
}

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That works, but I'd like to know how to do that without using references? I would have thought something like this (I'll comment out the parts I'm changing): 

while ( <> ) {
  #$rec = {};
  $rec = ();
  for $field ( split ) {
    ($key, $value) = split /=/, $field;
    #$rec->{$key} = $value;
    $rec{$key} = $value;
  }
  push @AoH, $rec;   #?
}

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But that doesn't work.

How can I do the same code the same thing without using references?

Thanks!

In reply to Generate Array of Hashes WITHOUT References by tel2

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