I'm shocked no-one's suggested the optimal solution.
my @stuff = ( { name => 'tim', time => '5:00', duty => 'floors', }, # Fill in the others just as above ); for my $thing (@stuff) { print "$thing->{name} is on $thing->{duty} duty at $thing->{time}\ +n"; }
Obviously, @stuff and $thing are bad variable names. I have no idea what better names would be in your context. In addition, these sound like they should be objects of some class. That way, you can deal with each as a give thing. For example, you could have a Jobs class. The attributes would be Who, What-to-do, When, as well as anything else you need to track. Maybe something like Who-manages or What-department or Salary.

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In reply to Re: Arrays and Loops by dragonchild
in thread Arrays and Loops by nlafferty

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