If the data is not currently in a database and it is not possible to put it in one, then you should create a second hash keyed on the date:

$partprice{$date}{$partnbr}{$pricelistname} = $price

It's not clear to me that you need to loop through the hash at all. What your line of code implies is that you have a HoHoH and that you are directly indexing to yet the value you want, which is about as efficient as you could want!

If you have code you are having trouble with in this regard, post an example showing the issue.

Perl is Huffman encoded by design.

In reply to Re: Date Ranges Question by GrandFather
in thread Date Ranges Question by lamberms

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