If I have an array of hashes, how can i store one into a variable?

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

IE @hashes = ( { name=>'bob', age=>27} , { name=>'charlie', age=>29} );
%hash1 = $hashes |0|;
It doesnt seem to work for me

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Re: If I have an array of hashes, how can i store one into a variable? by snowcrash (Friar) on Apr 17, 2001 at 11:28 UTC
it doesn't work because you don't have an array of hashes, but an array of references to hashes. arrays can only contain scalar values in perl. to get the hash the first element of the array refers to, use `my %hash1 = %{ $hashes[0] };` checkout perldata, perlref, perllol etc. cheers snowcrash //////	[reply] [d/l]
Re: If I have an array of hashes, how can i store one into a variable? by Beatnik (Parson) on Apr 17, 2001 at 13:09 UTC
Also check Complex Data Structures Cookbook... Greetz Beatnik ... Quidquid perl dictum sit, altum viditur.	[reply]
Re (tilly) 1: If I have an array of hashes, how can i store one into a variable? by tilly (Archbishop) on Apr 17, 2001 at 17:11 UTC
`my %hash1 = %{$hashes[0]};` [download]	[reply] [d/l]