Hi,
I don't know how to work with this data structure:
my @array = ((a => 'appple'), (b => 'tree'), (c => 'chair'));
when I do:
print @array;
I get no output.
when I do:
use Data::Dumper; print Dumper(@array);
I got the contents of it.
Despite all of the punctuation, it is nothing more than an array. The following is equivelant:
my @array = qw( a apple b tree c chair );
I find it more helpfull when using Data::Dumper to print a reference to the variable I want to examine. I.e.
print Dumper([EMAIL PROTECTED]);
To me it makes the structure easier to interpret. I don't understand though why you saw nothing for 'print @array', are you sure you ran the code as above. I get:
print @array; => aappplebtreecchair
print "@array"; => a appple b tree c chair
Regards, Randy.
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