Re^4: Problem with DBM hash of anonymous arrays

The way I saw it was like this:

%PAHASH is a named hash.

$PAHASH{key} is referring to a scalar value stored in %PAHASH.

$$PAHASH{key}[index] is referring to a (dereferenced) scalar value, stored in an anonymous array which is a value in %PAHASH.

This is wrong, then?

Sorry if this seems stupid by the way...

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Re^5: Problem with DBM hash of anonymous arrays by Joost (Canon) on May 17, 2005 at 12:06 UTC
Yes this is wrong :-) It parses like: `$PAHASH->{$key}->[$index] # hashref-> hash ->array` [download] While you want `$PAHASH{$key}->[$index] # hash element ->array` [download] Which can also be written as `$PAHASH{$key}[$index]` [download] update: Or maybe you want `${$PAHASH{$key}[$index]}` [download] If you really want the value as a reference to a scalar (I don't see the point of doing it) "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: Problem with DBM hash of anonymous arrays by travisbickle34 (Beadle) on May 17, 2005 at 13:16 UTC
Ah, cheers. I think I have it straight in my head now :-) I can get it to work with an ordinary hash table now, just not the DBM hash! Always problems!	[reply]
Re^7: Problem with DBM hash of anonymous arrays by Joost (Canon) on May 17, 2005 at 14:15 UTC
Oh yes, I forgot about that :-) I think can't story anything but strings in dbm values, and they're usually of limited length too. You might be better off using DBM::Deep "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re^8: Problem with DBM hash of anonymous arrays by travisbickle34 (Beadle) on May 17, 2005 at 15:22 UTC