Re^3: SOAP::Lite and hash of hashes

Ah sorry, that that was an object method didn't cross my mind. I probably can't really help you as I don't know Soap::Lite and I didn't find the search method in its documentation. But one thing is certain, your foreach is not right. It might be one of these:

foreach my $r (keys %$result){
   print $r->result->{Person}->{commonname};
}

foreach my $r ($result->result){
   print $r->{Person}->{commonname};
}

foreach my $r (@$result){
   print $r->result->{Person}->{commonname};
}
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If not, you might use Data::Dumper to check out the data structure of $result. Or look for an example in the documentation of the search method

The error message 'Can't coerce...' means there is an array somewhere and we access it as a hash. Data::Dumper is your friend here.

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Re^4: SOAP::Lite and hash of hashes by joec_ (Scribe) on Feb 12, 2009 at 15:55 UTC
Hi, thanks for responding. `foreach my $r (keys %$result){ print $r->result->{Person}->{commonname}; }` [download] gives `Can't locate object method "result" via package "_content" (perhaps you forgot to load "_content"?) at ./searchPeople.pl` `foreach my $r ($result->result){ print $r->{Person}->{commonname}; }` [download] works for a unique item i.e. login id but gives the pseudo hash deprecated error and bad index error as above `foreach my $r (@$result){ print $r->result->{Person}->{commonname}; }` [download] Gives 'not an ARRAY reference'. This is output from data dumper when the search method is given 'shaw', ive truncated a load of other data and other people for demo purposes: `$VAR1 = { 'Person' => [ { 'commonname' => 'person 1', 'location' => 'location 1', 'telephonenumber' => '34567688', 'surname' => 'Shaw' }, { 'commonname' => 'person 2', 'location' => 'location 2', 'telephonenumber' => '1234576', 'surname' => 'Birkinshaw' }` [download] Looking at this then, is Person an array and not a hash? How would i get at each element of the person array if it is? The search method isnt part of the SOAP::Lite docs - its a web method from my webservice. Thanks Joe UPDATE I can get at the second person using `print $result->result->{Person}[1]->{commonname};` [download] Now all i need is a loop...thanks ----- Eschew obfuscation, espouse eludication!	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: SOAP::Lite and hash of hashes by jethro (Monsignor) on Feb 12, 2009 at 16:09 UTC
$result->result->{Person} is a reference to an array `foreach my $r (@{$result->result->{Person}}){ print $r->{commonname}; }` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: SOAP::Lite and hash of hashes by joec_ (Scribe) on Feb 12, 2009 at 16:16 UTC
Thank you very much, it works! jethro++ Joe ----- Eschew obfuscation, espouse eludication!	[reply]