On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 15:12, James Edward Gray II wrote: > On Jan 17, 2004, at 2:02 PM, Dan Anderson wrote: > > > On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 11:03, Jack Chen wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I don't know how to work with this data structure: > >> > >> my @array = ((a => 'appple'), > >> (b => 'tree'), > >> (c => 'chair')); > > > > That "array" is an array of hashes. > > It was probably meant to be, but it is not as written. Look again.
Ahhh, you're right. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the arrays expand out, so although (a -> 'apple') is a hash and (b => 'tree') is a hash, it actually contains the hash: ( a => 'apple', b => 'tree', c => 'chair', ) Correct? -Dan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
