Re: Change array to tiered hashref

$aref = ['one', 'two', 'three', 'four'];;
$href = { pop @$aref => 1 };;
$href = { pop @$aref => $href } while @$aref;;

pp $href;;
{ one => { two => { three => { four => 1 } } } }
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Re^2: Change array to tiered hashref - brain teaser by wrinkles (Pilgrim) on Aug 08, 2008 at 09:10 UTC
BrowserUK, I follow lines 1-3 (except for the ";;"). But I'm not clear on that last statement. Should "pp" print out the hash reference like in your last line? I can't find documentation for that usage, and I can't make my the script print. "print Dumper($href);" works for me.	[reply]
Re^3: Change array to tiered hashref - brain teaser by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 08, 2008 at 11:24 UTC
(except for the ";;") Two adjacent semi-colons act exactly the same as a single semicolon. Effectively there is a blank statement (noop) between them. The difference is that my REPL accumulates what I type until I finish a line with `;;` at which point it executes everything I've typed so far as a single chunk of code. Should "pp" ... "print Dumper($href);" works for me. `pp` is just another `Dumper()`-like routine from Data::Dump. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Change array to tiered hashref - brain teaser by jonathan415 (Novice) on Aug 08, 2008 at 07:02 UTC
BrowswerUk: That was very good solution, and exactly what I was looking for. I kept trying to figure out how transversing a hashref will work, and your example really helped. I was very puzzled by this, but it makes a lot of sense, and cleared up everything for me in terms of understanding data structure. I spent the entire day on this with some really weird results. Now I understand why.	[reply]