Re^3: Convert delimited string into nested data structure

If your keys are well-behaved, then this will do the trick:

while (<>) {
    chomp;
    s!\s*/\s*!}{!g;
    eval "\$h\{$_\} = 1;";
}
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Re^4: Convert delimited string into nested data structure by merlyn (Sage) on Feb 19, 2007 at 20:21 UTC
You know, I was about to post "inevitable broken dangerous EVAL-based solution in three... two... one...". Thank you for saving me the trouble. DO NOT USE EVAL FOR THIS PROBLEM. As you can see, there are many solutions that are infinitely more safe, and faster. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker	[reply]
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