Monks,

Does anybody have any suggestions on the best way to learn hashes? So far this has been the most difficult aspect of learning Perl for me. I'm going to be a Friar soon and I think it's sorry that I don't even know how to use hashes yet. I know your level has nothing to do with how well verse you are in Perl, but I don't think it's too cool.

Anyway, can any other monk relate to my situation? What did you do to overcome this hurdle? Was there a particular section in a book or website that helped?

Just for the record, here is what I've used so far to try and grasp them:
  1. Learning Perl
  2. Elements of Programming Perl
  3. Perl Little Black Book
  4. Q&A Hashes
I've got the basics of keys and values down, but I'm lost when actually have to use them in my code.

Thanks,
Dru

In reply to Trouble with Hashes by dru145

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