Re^2: Grouping an array of hashrefs by similar key values

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Thanks for the reply ikegami - very useful.

I ended up using your third method in the end. May I ask what the 'local *item' actually means though? Other than that bit of code I understand what it does.

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Re^3: Grouping an array of hashrefs by similar key values by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 29, 2009 at 19:35 UTC
It aliases `$item` to `$items{ $row->{item_key} }`. Changes to one affect both. I could have done `$item_ref = \( $items{ $row->{item_key} } );`, but it made the subsequent code rather messy (but not as much as using neither).	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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