Re^4: Split file output into array of arrays

GrandFather -

No worries there. I asked for an array of arrays, and that's what you gave me. I was just wanting to clarify that the method of accessing them would be as I posted earlier

$records[firstarray][firstrecord]
$records[secondarray][firstrecord]
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I'll work on sorting it out and post back if I have problems.

Regards,
Scott

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Re^5: Split file output into array of arrays by GrandFather (Saint) on Feb 17, 2010 at 19:27 UTC
That looks backwards to me. In fact I'd code access as: `for my $record (@records) { for my $line (@$record) { .... } }` [download] `$records[firstrecord][firstarray]` could also be written `$records[firstrecord]->[firstarray]` to emphasise that @records is an array of references to arrays. Keep in mind that Perl only allows scalar values for arrays and hashes, but a reference to something (like and array) is a scalar. True laziness is hard work	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^5: Split file output into array of arrays
by GrandFather (Saint) on Feb 17, 2010 at 19:27 UTC

That looks backwards to me. In fact I'd code access as:

for my $record (@records) {
    for my $line (@$record) {
        ....
    }
}
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$records[firstrecord][firstarray] could also be written $records[firstrecord]->[firstarray] to emphasise that @records is an array of references to arrays. Keep in mind that Perl only allows scalar values for arrays and hashes, but a reference to something (like and array) is a scalar.

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