Is it wise to use intergers for keys in a hash array?

Wise? It's certainly okay, but it's not inherently better than using strings for the hash keys. In fact, the integers will be implicitely converted to strings anyway (i.e., 1 becomes '1' and 2 becomes '2'). This does not create any problems, though, because it's transparent and fully reversible (unlike, say, using references as hash keys, which creates problems in Perl5, although I think Perl6 is fixing that).

So, feel free to use the numbers as your hash keys if it suits your purposes, but in a different situation if strings would suit your purposes better, then use those. TMTOWTDI.

In reply to Re: HASH Array advice by jonadab
in thread HASH Array advice by Anonymous Monk

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