Great Thomas
Ur idea has resolved my issue..
i finally solved it after struggling from 16 hours.
:)
Chaitanya
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Thomas Bätzler <t.baetz...@bringe.com>wrote:
> Chaitanya Yanamadala <dr.virus.in...@gmail.com> asked:
> > i am in a situation like i have a scalar $value = 5
> > now i need to create an array with the number i mean $value
> > how can i do it??
>
> Don't even think about messing with the symbol table, use a hash variable
> instead:
>
> my %hash;
>
> my @array = qw(foo baz bar);
>
> my $value = 5;
>
> # store reference to an array in the hash element $key
> $hash{ $value } = \...@array;
>
> $hash{ 7 } = [ 'eni', 'miney', 'moo' ];
>
> # accessing data, e.g. 1st Element in array "5".
> print $hash{ 5 }->[0];
>
> Using a hash makes sure there are no unwanted side effects like you
> accidentally overwriting some variable required elsewhere.
>
> If you gave a better description of what you wanted to achieve - as opposed
> to what you think you need to do - I'm sure people here would be able to
> help you better.
>
> HTH,
> Thomas
>
