On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 05:50:33PM +0000, AL H wrote: > Let say I have a multikey hash: > $poeple{$first}{$Last}{$MI}{$CITY} > If I am passing values to this hash Is there a function or a way to retrieve > missing keys from it? > I know that if (! exists %poeple ->{$first}->{$Last}-{$MI}) will return > false or true. > I want thes non valid keys temselves to be returned.
There is nothing builtin to do what you want. You'd have to test each key to see if it's there. Also, the syntax %people->{...}, while supported, should not be used. It should be $people->{...}. Michael -- Administrator www.shoebox.net Programmer, System Administrator www.gallanttech.com -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]