> Wiggins, > > just one more thing, how can i get the number of elements from an hash like this one that i'm > trying to use? > > > > > > foreach my $keys (keys %{ $printers{jobs} }) {
You can take the list in a scalar context, or force it into a scalar context, such as, my $num = keys %{ $printers{jobs} }; or the more verbose, my $num = scalar keys %{ $printers{jobs} }; 'values' works in place of 'keys' since it is a 1-to-1 relationship, keys is my preferred. http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>