True

Done that way it looks like: 

$VAR1 = {
          'dd' => '-',
          'fb' => '-',
          'ab' => '-',
          'ge' => '-',
          'bd' => '-',
          'dc' => '-',
          'aa' => '-',
          'cc' => '-',
          'ae' => '-',
          'ba' => '-',
          'cb' => '-',
          'gb' => '-',
          'ef' => '-',
          'ea' => '-',
          'gd' => '-',
          'ec' => '-',
          'cg' => '-',
          'ad' => '-',
          'eg' => '-',
          'de' => '-',
          'fe' => '-',
          'fg' => '-',
          'dg' => '-',
          'cf' => '-',
          'bf' => '-',
          'ed' => '-',
          'ce' => '-',
          'ac' => '-',
          'gf' => '-',
          'bb' => '-',
          'db' => '-',
          'ee' => '-',
          'bc' => '-',
          'ga' => '-',
          'gc' => '-',
          'af' => '-',
          'fd' => '-',
          'gg' => '-',
          'fc' => '-',
          'ca' => '-',
          'ag' => '-',
          'be' => '-',
          'fa' => '-',
          'cd' => '-',
          'ff' => '-',
          'bg' => '-',
          'df' => '-',
          'da' => '-',
          'eb' => '-'
        };

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Much more readable.

In reply to Re^3: multi-dimensional hash by blue_cowdawg
in thread multi-dimensional hash by fionbarr

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