Hi

I'm using the following code to process lines in the $discovered array, and create a number of hashed pairs in the same array row. The code works well. 

until ($discovered[$i] eq ""){
 ($key, $value) = split /:\s*/, $discovered[$i];
 $arrayAoH[$j]{$key} = $value;
 $i++;
}

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But, when I enabled 'use strict' in my code, I get the following error when the line containing '$arrayAoH[$j]{$key} = $value;' is executed:

"Can't use string ("") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at xxx.pl"

I've pored over the examples in 'Programming Perl', and have Google'd a bit. But I just don't understand why that line is wrong, and what I should do to fix it.

I tried using the following line in place of the offending line: 

 $arrayAoH[$j] = { $key => $value };

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but it creates an array row with only a single has (whatever the last has processed was).

Thoughts, please!

Thanks tl

20050623 Edit by ysth: code tags

In reply to Array of hashes reference problem by tlemons

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