That is close, but not exactly what I want to do.

I did not put enough detail in my starting post.

I have an array of values, the first one of which indicates what sort of data is in the array. I also have a set of arrays that indicate what fieldnames should be associate with the array.

Think of the array as sometimes being name and address, and sometimes name and phone number. I want to read $ARRAY[0] and then decide how the hash will be created. What I tried to do that does not work is this: 

@Address=qw(type firstname lastname streetaddress city zip);
@Phone=qw(type name phonenumber);
%Stuff;

sub ReadStuff{
if    ($@_[0]='addr') {%Stuff(@Address)=@_};
elsif ($@_[0]='phone'){%Stuff(@Phone)=@_};
...do something useful...
}


@data=(addr, bob, smith, 1234 main st, anytown, 20500);
&ReadStuff(@data);
@data=(phone, bob, smith, 212-555-1212)
&ReadStuff(@data)

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But, of course, that does not work exactly like that, so I am trying to get close. Skip

In reply to Re: Re: Link a hash and an array by SkipHuffman
in thread Link a hash and an array by SkipHuffman

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