Re^2: Modifying an array of hashes

And even more Perlish is the use of map, low precedence and, hash slices, and list assignment (untested):

map {$$_{name} eq 'Bob' and @{$_}{qw{name age}} = qw{Robert 42}}} @peo
+ple;
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Re^3: Modifying an array of hashes by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 06, 2011 at 22:30 UTC
yuck!	[reply]
Re^3: Modifying an array of hashes by believer (Sexton) on Apr 11, 2011 at 13:43 UTC
Yuck indeed. This will not work because `$$_{name} eq 'Bob' and @{$_}{qw{name age}` [download] will at best evaluate to '' for non-Bobs.	[reply] [d/l]