Re: hash name as a variable?

Your regex test

$DB_name =~ /[ISWLIVE ISWTEST ISWTEACH]/
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should really be

$DB_name =~ /(ISWLIVE|ISWTEST|ISWTEACH)/
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And then later...

each %$DB_name
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I would create a reference to hash with:

$HREF = eval "\\\%$DB_name";
...
if ($HREF->{key} ...)
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Re^2: hash name as a variable? by samtregar (Abbot) on Sep 15, 2004 at 20:54 UTC
`$HREF = eval "\\\%$DB_name";` Ouch. Please don't do that! And if you do, please check `$@` afterwards since eval will trap fatal errors silently. -sam	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: hash name as a variable? by jeremyh (Beadle) on Sep 15, 2004 at 21:05 UTC
Thanks - I think you just helped me solve a different problem. Checking $@ showed where my script was bombing.	[reply]