I'm trying to store some data into a rather complex file structure and I'm having a little trouble with the syntax. I have two structs (one embedded within the other) that look like this:

struct Appt => {
   startTime => '$',
   endTime => '$',
};

struct Day => {
   date => '$',
   appts => '@',
   numAppts => '$',
};

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You'll notice that the Day struct contains an array which I intend to be an array of Appt structs. I then have an array of Day structs (and a counter), like this:

my @days;
my $dayCount = 0;

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I seem to be able to add Day structs to my array, days, like this:

sub hdl_start
{
   my ($p, $elt, %atts) = @_;
   if ( $elt eq 'DAY' )
   {
      # Create a new Day struct
      my $temp = Day->new();

      # Set the date element of that struct
      $temp->date($atts{"DATE"});

      # Insert that struct into my array, days
      $days[$dayCount] = $temp;
   }
   $currEle = $elt;
}

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Unfortunately, I'm unable to add any elements to the appts array within the Day struct. This is the code I'm currently trying to use to add a new Appt struct to the appts array:

# Get the number of appointments
my $numAp = $days[$dayCount]->numAppts;

# Create a new Appt struct
my $temp = Appt->new();

# Set the startTime element within my new Appt struct
$temp->startTime("$str");

# Insert my new Appt struct into the appts array
$days[$dayCount]->appts[$numAp] = $temp;

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The error I am given looks like this: syntax error at line 81, near "->appts[". (Line 81 is the final line of code listed above.)

I'm assuming it's just a syntax error, but, unfortunately, I've been unable to track it down. I was hoping one of you could help.

Thanks,
-Sherlock

In reply to Syntax Error with Embedded Structs by Sherlock

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