in reply to Re^4: Symbolic references
in thread Symbolic references

got it! phew!
foreach $argnum (0..$#ARGV){ $node=$ret; print "$ARGV[$argnum]\n"; @path=split /\//,$ARGV[$argnum]; print Dumper @path; #debugging helps! $node=$node->{$_} for @path; print $node; } print "\n"; }
Thanks!

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Re^6: Symbolic references
by LanX (Saint) on Apr 15, 2013 at 13:16 UTC
    Just a minor note: your way to iterate thru different arguments by index is rather cumbersome

    just do

    ~$ perl -E 'foreach $arg (@ARGV) { say split /\//,$arg }' 1/2 a/b/c 12 abc

    And plz consider using strict and warnings!

    Cheers Rolf

    ( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)