Re: Hash of Regex

Try to check content of the hash:

use strict;

my $test = 'The brown fox int(10) over float(200) fence.';

my %dict = (
    'brown'      => 'yellow',
    /int(\d+)/   => 'int',
    /float(\d+)/ => 'float',
);

use Data::Dumper;
warn Dumper \%dict;
__END__
$VAR1 = {
          'int' => 'float',
          'brown' => 'yellow'
        };
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And if you'd use warnings...

Perhaps you also will be interested in:

my %dict = (
    'brown'      => 'yellow',
    qr/int(\d+)/   => 'int',
    qr/float(\d+)/ => 'float',
);
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Update: And what you actually want, if I got you right, is:

use strict;

my $test = 'The brown fox int(10) over float(200) fence.';

my %dict = (
    'brown'      => 'yellow',
    'int\(\d+\)'   => 'int',
    'float\(\d+\)' => 'float',
);

for my $i ( keys %dict ) {
    $test =~ s/$i/$dict{$i}/gi;
}

print "$test\n";
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Re^2: Hash of Regex by almut (Canon) on Apr 06, 2010 at 22:19 UTC
`$VAR1 = { 'int' => 'float', 'brown' => 'yellow' };` [download] (note to the OP) In case you wonder why this is: `my %dict = ( 'brown' => 'yellow', /int(\d+)/ => 'int', /float(\d+)/ => 'float', );` [download] is the same as `my %dict = ( 'brown' => 'yellow', $_ =~ /int(\d+)/ => 'int', $_ =~ /float(\d+)/ => 'float', );` [download] which (in this case) is the same as `my %dict = ( 'brown' => 'yellow', () => 'int', () => 'float', );` [download] which is the same as `my %dict = ( 'brown' => 'yellow', 'int' => 'float', );` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Hash of Regex by Anonymous Monk on Apr 06, 2010 at 22:49 UTC
Why / how did this `my %dict = ( 'brown' => 'yellow', () => 'int', () => 'float', );` [download] become this?? `my %dict = ( 'brown' => 'yellow', 'int' => 'float', );` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Hash of Regex by LanX (Saint) on Apr 06, 2010 at 22:56 UTC
For Perl `=>` is just a comma, and empty lists `()` are ignored when flattening lists. `perl -e' @a=(1,2,(),(),3);print "@a"' 1 2 3` [download] Cheers Rolf	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Hash of Regex by almut (Canon) on Apr 06, 2010 at 22:56 UTC
Empty elements (lists) in a list collapse, e.g. `(1, (), 2, 3, (), (), 4)` is the same as `(1, 2, 3, 4)`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Hash of Regex by Anonymous Monk on Apr 06, 2010 at 22:46 UTC
`my %dict = ( 'brown' => 'yellow', qr/int(\d+)/ => 'int', qr/float(\d+)/ => 'float', );` [download] This is the output, but what does it mean and why doesn't it work? `$VAR1 = { '(?-xism:int(\\d+))' => 'int', 'brown' => 'yellow', '(?-xism:float(\\d+))' => 'float' };` [download] This looks more elegant than this. `my %dict = ( 'brown' => 'yellow', 'int$\d+$' => 'int', 'float$\d+$' => 'float', );` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Hash of Regex by crashtest (Curate) on Apr 06, 2010 at 23:23 UTC
Only strings can be hash keys. So when building `%dict` with regular expressions (the `qr//` constructs), they are converted to strings to become keys in the hash¹. For regular expressions, incidentally, these are strings that can be compiled back into the same regular expression they stemmed from - which is quite convenient. So why did this not do anything to bichonfrisee74's input strings? `my %dict = ( 'brown' => 'yellow', qr/int(\d+)/ => 'int', qr/float(\d+)/ => 'float', );` [download] I was scratching my head myself until I use'd `re 'debug'`. zwon happened to forget to escape the parentheses in his (intermediary) example. So if you use the (correctly written) `qr//` constructs below, things "work" as expected: `my %dict = ( 'brown' => 'yellow', qr/int$\d+$/ => 'int', qr/float$\d+$/ => 'float', );` [download] ¹The `?-xism` used to confuse me until I realized this just explicitly states: turn off the `x`, `i`, `s` and `m` regex flags.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Hash of Regex by 7stud (Deacon) on Apr 06, 2010 at 22:22 UTC
Perhaps you also will be interested in:</p. `my %dict = ( 'brown' => 'yellow', qr/int(\d+)/ => 'int', qr/float(\d+)/ => 'float', );` [download] That doesn't do anything for me. Edit: Woohoo. More negative rep. Keep it coming. I'm shooting for -100,000 by next week.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Hash of Regex by zwon (Abbot) on Apr 06, 2010 at 22:33 UTC
That doesn't do anything for me. That shouldn't. OP asked if he can use regexp as a hash key, so I think he may be interested in inspecting content of mentioned hash with the help of Data::Dumper	[reply]
Re^4: Hash of Regex by bichonfrise74 (Vicar) on Apr 06, 2010 at 22:41 UTC
Thanks, I should have first checked the content of my hash using Data::Dumper.	[reply]