Off the top of my head, a relatively inefficient method:

eval '$Hash' . map { qq({'$_'}) } @a . ' = 1';

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Untested, of course ;-) A bit of description in order here: we're just creating the string you wanted. A bit more smarts to only put in the quotes when required, check if the hash you're trying to create already exists as a scalar rather than a hashref, etc., to prevent collisions, ... but if you know that collisions can't happen, then this should be fine.

UPDATE:After reading the other hash thread, I see someone of importance saying "don't use eval". And, as a general rule, I would agree. But I don't know if this is a one-off script (just do a quick conversion, and never use it again), or if the input is tightly controlled (e.g., can't be manipulated to circumvent perl security-isms, e.g., a string that had single-quotes in it: qq(blah' . system("rm -rf /") . 'blah)), or other mitigating circumstances. Sometimes quick and dirty is fine. A more robust method would use loops or even recursion to do this.

sub create_hash_depth
{
  my $href = shift;
  my @a = @_;
  if (scalar @a > 1) {
    $href->{$a[0]} = {};
    create_hash_depth($href->{$a[0]}, @a[1..$#a]);
  } else {
    $href->{$a[0]} = 1;
  }
}

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Or something like that

In reply to Re: Hash key manipulation question by Tanktalus
in thread Hash key manipulation question by EchoAngel

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