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$value = $category{"Anim"};

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Re: Re: Matching a KEY in a HASH
by SysAdm (Novice) on May 14, 2001 at 20:22 UTC
    I must not be making myself clear...

    The $variable = "" could = Anim or CAD or anything in the list...

    My question is ... How do I search the HASH to match the $variable, but print the VALUE only...

    make sense?
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      I must not be making myself clear.

      The point of a hash is that a hash itself can find a value for a given key trivially. 

      $value_you_are_looking_for = $category{$variable};

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      There's no searching required. If there's an element with a key of $variable, then $value_you_are_looking_for has it. Otherwise, it gets undef.

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