>>>>> "Brett" == Brett W McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Brett> On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, David Gilden wrote:
>> I am having trouble understanding just what the following does,
>> and how to you use it:
>>
>> $hash{$_}++
>>
>> i.e. are we increment the value or the key?
Brett> The value. If you wanted to increment the key, you would say
Brett> "$hash{$key++}".
No. Perhaps you want
$hash{$key + 1} = delete $hash{$key};
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