File: set a new value inside a nested block

Cicatrix has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

i have put a file contents in a hash. file is of nested blocks which contain critical data. i need to introduce a value inside particular nested block, say E. well the file contents is as below - a { b { c { E { XXXXXX=YYYYY } } } } How efficiently can i traverse through the hash/file and get my job done without affecting other blocks/data ?

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Re: File: set a new value inside a nested block by Anonymous Monk on Jan 20, 2011 at 05:16 UTC
How efficiently can i traverse through the hash/file and get my job done without affecting other blocks/data ? Is this a trick question? You can use Benchmark to measure the efficiency of your code.	[reply]
Re: File: set a new value inside a nested block by tospo (Hermit) on Jan 20, 2011 at 09:24 UTC
Do you mean "what is a good way of doing this?" or "what is the fastest/most memory-efficient way of doing it?". If it's just how to do it then I would say the above example looks easy enough to crack with a regular expression or did you run into problems with that?	[reply]
Re^2: File: set a new value inside a nested block by Anonymous Monk on Jan 20, 2011 at 09:41 UTC
The replies to String Search provide code for dealing with very similar data.	[reply]
Re^2: File: set a new value inside a nested block by Cicatrix (Novice) on Feb 03, 2011 at 06:22 UTC
tospo, Need the best and efficient way to do this. being an amateur its hard to get thru this :( thanks	[reply]