Re: Creating an array of structures?

You want a hash:

my %foo = (   name1 => type1,
              name2 => type2,
              name3 => type3,
              name4 => type4,
            );

print $foo{name2}, "\n";
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Se "perldoc perldsc" if you need more complicared structures.

Update: Oops I mostly copied the OP. Changed as suggested by davido. Note to self : dont post at 7 AM.

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Re^2: Creating an array of structures? by davido (Cardinal) on Mar 08, 2005 at 06:09 UTC
`my %foo = ( name1, type1; name2, type2; name3, type3; name4, type4 ); print $foo{name2}, "\n";` [download] I realize that's probably just pseudo-code, but we ought to get the syntax right anyway. :) `my %foo = ( name1 => 'type1', name2 => 'type2', name3 => 'type3', name4 => 'type4' ); print $foo{name2}, "\n";` [download] In particular, note the use of ',' (comma) instead of ';' (semicolon) between list items. Dave	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^2: Creating an array of structures?
by davido (Cardinal) on Mar 08, 2005 at 06:09 UTC

my %foo = ( name1, type1; name2, type2; name3, type3; name4, type4 ); print $foo{name2}, "\n";
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I realize that's probably just pseudo-code, but we ought to get the syntax right anyway. :)

my %foo = ( name1 => 'type1',
            name2 => 'type2',
            name3 => 'type3',
            name4 => 'type4' );
print $foo{name2}, "\n";
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In particular, note the use of ',' (comma) instead of ';' (semicolon) between list items.

Dave

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