Re^4: Perl and arrays of arrays?

Oops, I should have replied to the original post.

The comment was meant to be an indicator of the usage, I wasn't worried about making it syntactically correct.

I personally like the hash of arrays approach, as it more closely mirrors the way I think about the problem: a key (IP address) that can have one or more aliases. However, as I noted in my original post, it is not the most efficient way to do things...just a bit easier to understand for a beginner IMHO.

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Re^5: Perl and arrays of arrays? by QM (Parson) on Aug 17, 2005 at 20:44 UTC
I personally like the hash of arrays approach, as it more closely mirrors the way I think about the problem: a key (IP address) that can have one or more aliases. However, as I noted in my original post, it is not the most efficient way to do things...just a bit easier to understand for a beginner IMHO. I understand what you're saying, but I'd go in a different direction. If a beginner understands AoA: `$array[$row][$col] = $pixel;` [download] and that hashes are sort of arrays with different brackets: `$array{$row}{$col} = $pixel;` [download] then it's a small leap to suggest that (here, at least) the keys are the interesting bits, and the values don't matter: `$hosts{$ip}{$alias} = 1;` [download] -QM -- Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: Perl and arrays of arrays? by Koolstylez (Scribe) on Aug 17, 2005 at 21:10 UTC
Yeah, when you put it that way, I see what you mean. Not to mention the fact that the HoH method is far more scalable because you don't have to explicitly filter duplicates. TMTOWDI :)	[reply]