Re^2: How best to replicate/copy a hash of hashes

Thanks for the answer. I looked at both Storable and Clone, and ruled Storable out because of performance. I got Clone from CPAN, installed, then ran it in the test. Looked okay, but checking the output, I found that it put a '\n' between the key and data in the cloned hash. Maybe there is an undocumented parameter to fix this. Either way, still looking, but thanks for the info.

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Re^3: How best to replicate/copy a hash of hashes by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 04, 2010 at 18:25 UTC
I found that it put a '\n' between the key and data in the cloned hash That can only be an artifact of the way you are inspecting the cloned hash, because Clone`::clone()` adds nothing: `use Clone qw[ clone ];; my $n = 0; my %hash = map{ $_, ++$n} 'a' .. 'e';; pp \%hash;; { a => 1, b => 2, c => 3, d => 4, e => 5 } my $copy = clone \%hash;; pp $copy;; { a => 1, b => 2, c => 3, d => 4, e => 5 }` [download] Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP an inspiration; A true Folk's Guy	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: How best to replicate/copy a hash of hashes by flexvault (Monsignor) on Oct 04, 2010 at 19:24 UTC
I stand corrected. I re-ran the test, and the raw output did not have the '\n'. But when I ran a numeric unix 'sort' on the raw file, it added a '\n' after the '\t' that I used to separate key and data. There are a lot of parms for sort, so I'm sure I need to add something But Clone didn't do it! Thank you "Well done is better than well said." - Benjamin Franklin	[reply]