>>>>> "r" == raphael() <raphael.j...@gmail.com> writes:
r> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Uri Guttman <u...@stemsystems.com> wrote: please learn to edit quoted emails. you added 4 lines and left my entire post. r> You are right! but of course! :) r> But as a beginning Perl programmer I find references extremely complicated. r> Although I have to learn them sometime. you will need them for sure. might as well learn now. they aren't that difficult. the main concept is that you can only hold a single value in and scalar slot in a hash or array. so if you have a reference to an array or hash (and not the actual array/hash) you can store that in some scalar slot. then you have a multilevel data structure. i like to call them data trees. it is how you build up data in perl. the perldocs i listed are very good and will help you a lot. r> Going to code now. Will be back if I get stuck && *thanks* all. hopefully using real refs and not symrefs! uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
