hi i want to know wheather we can build an array which will acta s an hash at runtime it is possible otherwise in versions 5.005 and above using the syntax 
{key1=>arrayindexvalue1, key2=>arrayindexvalue2,..... }
for example 
$arrayreference = [{first =>1,second =>2 } , "hello ","there"];

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now this will work both as an array and a hash 
print " $arrayreference->{first} \t  $arrayreference->{second} \n";

>hello there
print " $arrayreference->[1]   \t $arrayreference->[2] \n";


>hello there

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can i build this thype of array at runtime that is can i add elements to this array one by one rather than initializing them all at one time

thanks

dinesh

edited: Mon Jul 1 13:29:48 2002 by jeffa - added code tags

In reply to making arrays that act like hashes at runtime by dinesh

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