Re: Hash not getting updated

I assume this is just contrived code to ask a question, but, just in case, a hash slice makes the 'foreach' block unnecessary.

my @array = ( 'white', 'blue', 'yellow' );
my %hash;
@hash{ @array } = @array;
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Or, without the array:

my %hash;
@hash{ 'white', 'blue', 'yellow' } = ( 'white', 'blue', 'yellow' );
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Re^2: Hash not getting updated by Madam (Sexton) on May 03, 2005 at 06:34 UTC
I had an issue in my code,that's why i had asked this question and given a small example which was very close to the issue i was facing.And your reply helped me to solve the issue. i feel instead of @hash{ @array } = @array; $hash{@array} = @array ; would be better	[reply]
Re^3: Hash not getting updated by CharlesClarkson (Curate) on May 03, 2005 at 14:23 UTC
Have you tried it like that? `#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper 'Dumper'; my @colors = qw( white yellow green ); my %hash; $hash{ @colors } = @colors; print Dumper \%hash; __END__` [download] I get this in perl 5.8.6: `$VAR1 = { '3' => 3 };` [download] Perl assumes you want to evaluate the array in scalar context. Better to stick to the same notation everyone else uses for hash slices. HTH, Charles	[reply] [d/l] [select]