Re: Need Help in Understanding Some Code - Map and Scalar Questions

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I seem to recall having read recently that the 3/8 returned for this scalr'd hash means 3 or the 8 allocated buckets for this hash are used.

I also think I recall that you can pre allocate the number of buckets by something like

%hash = 100;

which I thought was pretty interesting. But sadly I don't remember the reference and am away for my books. I hope one of the more enlightened will correct any error.

Misha/Michael - Russian student, grognard, bemused observer of humanity and self professed programmer with delusions of relevance

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Re^2: Need Help in Understanding Some Code - Map and Scalar Questions by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 30, 2010 at 19:16 UTC
`%hash = 100;` [download] is the same as `%hash = ( 100 => undef );` [download] You want `keys(%hash) = 100;` [download] keys	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Need Help in Understanding Some Code - Map and Scalar Questions by choroba (Cardinal) on Oct 30, 2010 at 19:15 UTC
Not exactly. See Scalar values (at the end of the section).	[reply]

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