"could have been stated in just this way: %fields = { id => 0, name => 1, age => 2};"

Assign a key/value pair to a hash: 

%hash = ( key => "value" );

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Assign a hashref as a hash key with no value: 

%hash = { key => "value" };

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perl -MData::Dumper -wE 'my %fields = { id => 0, name => 1, age => 2};
+ say Dumper \%fields;'
Reference found where even-sized list expected at -e line 1.
$VAR1 = {
          'HASH(0x7f9d5a804850)' => undef
        };

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Just sayin'.


The way forward always starts with a minimal test.

In reply to Re^2: Help me understand this idiomatic hash from array code by 1nickt
in thread Help me understand this idiomatic hash from array code by adhrain

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