From: Eric Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > David Olbersen wrote: > > > From: Eric Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > I have a HASH with a mixture of single, double and triple layers. > > > exampl hash of hash of array's etc.... I try to dump and see > > > values of the entire db but I get pointers and memory addresses. > > > Below is my code Please help. > > > > > > foreach my $item (keys %hData){ > > > print ("$item: $hData{$item}\n"); > > > } > > Eric, > > > > Use Data::Dumper, it'll do this very well if it's just for debugging > > purposes. > > > > Check out the documentation on cpan.org: > > > > http://search.cpan.org/author/JHI/perl-5.8.0/ext/Data/Dumper/Dumper. > > pm > > > > or `man Data::Dumper` if you're on a UNIX machine. > > I don't know if I am reading the data dumper help code right but it > seems you have to provide a list of the hash keys to get the values. > I need a way to just print out all keys and values no matter how many > levels of hierachy there may be in the hash. > > Thanks > Eric
No you are not reading it correctly. Just try and see. print Dumper(\%hData); Jenda ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] === http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ===== When it comes to wine, women and song, wizards are allowed to get drunk and croon as much as they like. -- Terry Pratchett in Sourcery -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]