Hi, I am trying to create this data structure as below:
$perl = [ { fname => 'Fred', lname => 'Flintstone', residence => 'Bedrock' }, { fname => 'Barney', lname => 'Rubble', residence => 'Bedrock' } ]; I have a couple of questions. a) What is it called. Is it an array of hashes that is being stored in a scalar? b) How can I create it from the data I have. Currently I have created a single record, (see below), but I am having trouble understanding how I can turn my $record below into a data structure like the one in the above example. I have managed to create a single record like this: while(@row = fetchrow_array0 { $record = { TRADE_DATE => $row[0], TRADE_TIME => $row[1],, FIRSTNAME => $row[2], LASTNAME => $row[3], EXCHANGE => $row[4], SYMBOL => $row[5], }; } Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. -rs -- It's all a matter of perspective. You can choose your view by choosing where to stand. Larry Wall --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>