in reply to Retrieving the hash key-value in the order of their insertion without Tie::IxHash

One way is to use a HoH and keep the insertion order alongside the data.

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ perl -Mstrict -wE ' > my @keys = qw{ pete bill mary jack dave leah }; > my $order = 0; > my %hash; > > foreach my $key ( @keys ) > { > $hash{ $key } = { data => $order * 2, order => ++ $order }; > } > > say qq{$_ => $hash{ $_ }->{ data } } > for sort { $hash{ $a }->{ order } <=> $hash{ $b }->{ order } } > keys %hash;' pete => 0 bill => 2 mary => 4 jack => 6 dave => 8 leah => 10 knoppix@Microknoppix:~$

I hope this is helpful.

Cheers,

JohnGG

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Re^2: Retrieving the hash key-value in the order of their insertion without Tie::IxHash
by temporal (Pilgrim) on May 01, 2012 at 13:56 UTC

    That's fine for a bulk insert, but if he wanted to keep manipulating the hash it gets pretty cumbersome to upkeep.

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