How do I move specific values from one hash to another?

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Re: How do I move specific values from one hash to another? by I0 (Priest) on May 14, 2001 at 23:17 UTC
`$newhash{$key} = $oldhash{$key}; delete $oldhash{$key};` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
(tye)Re: How do I move specific values from one hash to another? by tye (Sage) on May 14, 2001 at 23:20 UTC
I prefer this: `$newhash{$key}= delete $oldhash{$key}; #or @newhash{@keys}= delete @oldhash{@keys};` [download] - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")	[reply] [d/l]
Re: (tye)Re: How do I move specific values from one hash to another? by merlyn (Sage) on May 15, 2001 at 00:03 UTC
This method is not guaranteed. You might be dealing with a tied hash where delete doesn't do the sane thing. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker	[reply]
Re: Re: How do I move specific values from one hash to another? by suaveant (Parson) on May 14, 2001 at 23:22 UTC
or... `$newhash{$key} = delete $oldhash{$key};` [download] for a one line approach Update ack! Tye beat me to it... :) - Ant	[reply] [d/l]