Monks,

I have a very simple (complex) data structure, and would like to know if there would be any short-cuts to my declaration: 

my(%lookup)=(
  'site1' => {'0' =>'0',
              '1' =>'0',
              '2' =>'0',
              '3' =>'0',
              '4' =>'0',
              '5' =>'0',
              '6' =>'0',
              '7' =>'0',
              '8' =>'0',
              '9' =>'0',
              '10'=>'0',
              '11'=>'0',
              '12'=>'0',
              '13'=>'0',
              '14'=>'0',
              '15'=>'0',
              '16'=>'0',
              '17'=>'0',
              '18'=>'0',
              '19'=>'0',
              '20'=>'0',
              '21'=>'0',
              '22'=>'0',
              '23'=>'0',},
  'site2' => {'0'=>'0',
              ...
              '23'=>'0',},
             }
};

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In my code I will end up repeating this 24 hour time stamp as the key to my HoH, for each site. Probably 3 dozen sites in all. Any input would be most appreciated.

cheers! -Ev

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