How do I tie an array of hashes?

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have an array of hashes:

push @data { yo => mama, bliz => at }
[download]

Can I tie the hashes to retrieve their values in insertion order?

Originally posted as a Categorized Question.

Comment on How do I tie an array of hashes? Download Code

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re: How do I tie an array of hashes? by Fastolfe (Vicar) on Sep 21, 2000 at 17:53 UTC
The items in your array are in insertion order, so what remains is each individual hash. In your example above, you have a list with one element: a standard hashref. Since you can't "tie" an anonymous reference like this, you would need to use the object-oriented abilities of Tie::IxHash instead: `use Tie::IxHash; push @data, Tie::IxHash->new( yo => mama, bliz => at ); push @data, Tie::IxHash->new( one => two, three => four); print join(", ", keys %{$data[1]}); # one, three` [download] You can also create separate hashes, tied to Tie::IxHash (per the man page) and push references to each of those tied variables onto `@data`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

Replies are listed 'Best First'.

Re: How do I tie an array of hashes?
by Fastolfe (Vicar) on Sep 21, 2000 at 17:53 UTC

are

Tie::IxHash

use Tie::IxHash;

push @data, Tie::IxHash->new( yo => mama, bliz => at );
push @data, Tie::IxHash->new( one => two, three => four);

print join(", ", keys %{$data[1]});  # one, three
[download]

Tie::IxHash

@data

[reply]
[d/l]
[select]