in reply to Converting a CSV list to a list of hashrefs naming the fields

Why not simply:
my @keys = qw/name score date comment/; my @game; @{$game[@game]}{@keys} = split /,/ for @scores;
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Re: Re: Converting a CSV list to a list of hashrefs naming the fields
by merlyn (Sage) on Jun 27, 2001 at 00:19 UTC
    Yes, that was one of the alternatives, but the idea of doing it as a stream for a possibly larger pipeline suggested the use of a map.

    -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker