Re^2: Data Structure: HOA or AOH ??

The input data is stored in an array of hash

No. Please refer to the earlier answers.

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Re^3: Data Structure: HOA or AOH ?? by umasuresh (Hermit) on Jan 31, 2010 at 17:47 UTC
ikegami, Thanks for pointing out the mistake. I am still trying to wrap my brain around a hash slice.	[reply]
Re^4: Data Structure: HOA or AOH ?? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 31, 2010 at 17:53 UTC
It's just like `$hash{foo}`, except you have multiple keys. `@hash{qw( foo bar )} = (1, 2);` [download] is basically the same as `$hash{foo} = 1; $hash{bar} = 2;` [download] (I said "basically" because there is a difference. The former uses a list assignment while the latter uses two scalar assignments. List assignments don't return the same as scalar assignments. See Mini-Tutorial: Scalar vs List Assignment Operator)	[reply] [d/l] [select]