Re^2: Can a single key have different value assigned to it

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Re^3: Can a single key have different value assigned to it by Lady_Aleena (Priest) on Apr 19, 2012 at 07:21 UTC
You are correct. If you dump the data, you will see all of your data in an array of hashes. `use Data::Dumper; print Dumper(\@information);` [download] *Have a cookie and a very nice day!* Lady Aleena	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Can a single key have different value assigned to it by Anonymous Monk on Apr 19, 2012 at 07:24 UTC
It's a hash of arrays %info is a hash $info{lastnames} is an array reference To take a page out of Basic debugging checklist tutorial `use Data::Dump; dd { lastnames => [ qw/ ro sham bo / ] }; __END__ { lastnames => ["ro", "sham", "bo"] }` [download] Hmm, lets try that again `use Data::Dump; my %info; push @{ $info{lastnames} }, 'ro'; push @{ $info{lastnames} }, 'sham'; push @{ $info{lastnames} }, 'bo'; dd \%info; __END__ { lastnames => ["ro", "sham", "bo"] }` [download] Thats better. Last demo `use Data::Dump; my %info; $info{lastnames}[0] = 'ro'; $info{lastnames}[1] = 'sham'; $info{lastnames}[2] = 'bo'; dd \%info; __END__ { lastnames => ["ro", "sham", "bo"] }` [download] Any time you're wondering about something , write yourself a little program like these three :) hashofarrays.01.pl, hashofarrays.02.pl, hashofarrays.03.pl Does a hash of arrays make sense for your use case, maybe :) maybe @records is a better fit, I can't tell yet	[reply] [d/l] [select]