Try this: @[EMAIL PROTECTED]'EST'}}; print $info[3];
regards, jimbob __________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: n[ate]vw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 1:12 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Trouble simplifying hash of array access I'm having some trouble using a hash of arrays. I thought I was starting to understand the jumbled mass of variable use in Perl, but perhaps not... Instead of the missing switch() statement, I'm using a hash set up like this: %zone_info = ( 'EST' => [5,'EST', 4,'EDT'], 'EST5' => [5,'EST-'], 'CST' => [6,'CST', 5,'CDT'], 'MST' => [7,'MST', 6,'MDT'], 'MST6' => [6,'MST-'], 'PST' => [8,'PST', 7,'PDT'], 'AKST' => [9,'AKST',8,'AKDT'], 'AST' => [4,'AST'], 'HST' => [10,'HST'] ); I can get values from deep inside it's bowels by a statement like: print $zone_info{'EST'}[3]; That gets repetitive, so I'd like to simplify it this way: @[EMAIL PROTECTED]'EST'}; print $info[3]; ...but that doesn't work! Nothing prints. What am I doing wrong? thanks much, -natevw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
