help reassigning hash with arrayref

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

I have a hash (%tmp) which looks like so:

$VAR1 = { 
          'one' => [
                       '1234',
                       '5678',
                     ],  
          'two' => [
                                 '91011',
                                 '121314',
                               ],  
          'three' => [
                         '151617',
                         '181920',
                         '212223',
                       ]   
        };
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I'm trying to reassign it like this, but it must be broken:

    my %hash;
    for my $key (keys %tmp) {
        $hash{$key} = { 
            $key => @{$tmp{$key}}
        };  
    }
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Re: help reassigning hash with arrayref by GrandFather (Saint) on Nov 15, 2011 at 22:59 UTC
It's not clear what you want to achieve, but most likely you want a deep copy like this: `for my $key (keys %tmp) { $hash{$key} = [@{$tmp{$key}}]; }` [download] True laziness is hard work	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: help reassigning hash with arrayref by mhearse (Chaplain) on Nov 15, 2011 at 23:25 UTC
I want to end up with: `$hash{one} = { $key => $tmp{$key} };` [download] But for some reason the array is being assigned in scalar context.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: help reassigning hash with arrayref by GrandFather (Saint) on Nov 15, 2011 at 23:29 UTC
No, that is not what you want to end up with. You may think that is what you need to do to end up with whatever it is that you want, but it's the (presumably non-working) means to an end. It would help a lot if you showed us the structure you want to end up with. What do you want to see in %hash? True laziness is hard work	[reply]
Re^4: help reassigning hash with arrayref by mhearse (Chaplain) on Nov 16, 2011 at 00:07 UTC
Re^5: help reassigning hash with arrayref by Anonymous Monk on Nov 16, 2011 at 02:34 UTC
Re: help reassigning hash with arrayref by johnny_carlos (Scribe) on Nov 15, 2011 at 23:00 UTC
Are you going to do something with the values, because it looks like you are just copying the hash.. The simple way to do a re-assignment would just be: my %hash = %tmp;	[reply]
Re^2: help reassigning hash with arrayref by GrandFather (Saint) on Nov 15, 2011 at 23:26 UTC
Note though that that provides references to the arrays in the original hash so any changes to those arrays will be seen by the arrays in the new hash. That might or might not be what the OP wants, but probably isn't. True laziness is hard work	[reply]