On Jul 21, Gerard Robin said:
my %h1 = (a => 1, b => 2, c => 3, d => 4, e => 5, f => 6);
[snip]
print " ", map{ $_." " } @h1{'b'..'e'};
[snip]
@h1{'b'..'e'} = (20, 30, 40, 50);
print " ", map{ $_." " } @h1{'b'..'e'};
What do you think 'b'..'e' is producing? It's producing the list ('b',
'c', 'd', 'e'), but it has NOTHING to do with the hash. It appears to you
that it's returning a list the keys in the hash from 'b' to 'e', but
nothing could be further from the truth. Your hash keys aren't stored in
the order you placed them in the hash, anyway.
@h3{"Mamadoo".."Lulu"} = (30, 40, 50 );
The list returned by "Mamadoo".."Lulu" is empty.
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