Hi there,

have this tiny but overly irritating issue where i would like to choose iterated %hash by scalar value. So if $choise variable contains string "computerAttributes", iterate through %computerAttributes. This way i can have only one foreach loop defined in the program, but several hashes to choose from. Must have a brain malfunction or something, but i just can't figure this one out.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

my $choice = 'computerAttributes';

my %computerAttributes = (

  cn => 'Common Name (eg. John Doe)',
  distinguishedName => 'Computer distinguishedname (dn) representing o
+bject location in LDAP-directory',
  lastLogOff => 'Last time LDAP-directory received logoff message from
+ system'
);

my %userAttributes = (

  cn => 'Common Name (eg. laptop1)',
  sn => 'Surename',
  displayName => 'First and lastname',
  title => ''
);

foreach (my $key = keys %($choice))
{
  print "$key\n";
}

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