array of arrays

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(zdog) RE: array of arrays by zdog (Priest) on Jul 29, 2000 at 23:37 UTC
You may want to look here to find the answer to your dilema. Good luck. Zenon Zabinski \| zdog \| zdog7@hotmail.com	[reply]
Re: array of arrays by jcouto (Novice) on Feb 14, 2000 at 15:15 UTC
The content of an array element has to be a reference For example: `$array[0]=\@otherarray` stores a reference to @otherarray into the first element of @array. In the second question, what you do first: `@array=({hashkey => [@otherarray, @etc]})` stores into @array a reference to an anonymous hash with just one key, hashkey, and a value, a reference to an anonymous array (the joining of @otherarray and @etc) and, again, the second line should use a reference: `$array[0]{hashkey}[0]=\@otherarray;` perldoc perlref has a good tutorial on references; you need to master them to do complex datastructures in Perl	[reply] [d/l] [select]
RE: array of arrays by h0mee (Acolyte) on Feb 15, 2000 at 00:32 UTC
Easy: `@list = qw(this that and another); @array = ([@list], [1, 2, 3]); #value of $array[0][2] is now 'that'` [download] You can then reference the internal arrays as you would any multidimensional array. The thing to keep in mind here is that hashes and arrays can only keep scalar values- so referencing `@array` [download] is doing it in list mode. `[@array] \@array` [download] is fetching it as a reference. Keep in mind that that \@array is only a shallow copy- modifying the value in a dereferenced context will modify @array itself, where as modifying the value of `[@array]` will keep @array untouched.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: array of arrays by Anonymous Monk on Feb 14, 2000 at 00:57 UTC
let me explain more. what i need is like this: `@array=({hashkey => [@otherarray, @etc]}); $array[0]{hashkey}[0]=@otherarray - this doesn't work either` [download] What i'm doing is sort of like a linked list, except it can point to many different elements which are all arrays. I need to extract the different values and then do some stuff with those arrays.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: array of arrays by Anonymous Monk on Feb 14, 2000 at 00:38 UTC
You might try assigning members individually. For instance: $array[0] = @otherarray; $array1 = '1', '2';	[reply]