Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>>>>>> "Scott" == Scott R Godin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>>> my %hash = map {/\w+/g} <DATA>
>>>
>>> :-)
>
> Scott> grin away. This shortcut deserves to be in the perldocs
> Scott> somewhere. I wish I'd seen this before.
>
> The problem is that it is very intolerant of mis-formatted data. If I
> had a line that had one or three items, or an item that was a hostname
> that had a hyphen in the name for example, then that line and all
> subsequent lines would be misinterpreted.
>
> Probably better is:
>
> my %hash = map /^(\w+),(\w+)\n/, <DATA>;
>
> which ensures that faulty data merely messes up that particular entry,
> not all entries. And it serves to document the result better, I
> think.
>
very very true. brevity isn't always the master of wit. :)
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