>>>>> "RD" == Rob Dixon <rob.di...@gmx.com> writes:
RD> On 29/04/2011 09:15, Brian Fraser wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 5:02 AM, Uri Guttman<u...@stemsystems.com> wrote: >>> >>> so you can streamline yours with a slice: >>> >>> my $status = join '', grep defined, @jvalue{ 0 .. 5 } ; >> >> This one was on purpose though - The slice might insert new keys into the >> hash, and I recently spent the good half of an hour debugging just that..! RD> Good call Brian. It's not at all obvious that all the elements of a hash RD> slice will be created if they don't exist :) and they won't be anyhow. you need have lvalues to autovivify hash (or array) elements. perl -le '@x = @y{ qw( a b )}; print keys %y' %y is empty as you can see. 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/