I am doing an example from Perl Objects, References & modules. I suspect many of you already use this book as a reference. My hash is showing the address instead of the name and I'm not sure why. Here is my output.
this is person=>HASH(0x20040014) this is who=>HASH(0x20040014) HASH(0x20040014) is missing preserver HASH(0x20040014) is missing sunscreen HASH(0x20040014) is missing water_bottle HASH(0x20040014) is missing jacket Here is the code #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; my @gilligan = qw(red_shirt hat lucky_socks water_bottle); my @skipper = qw ( blue_shirt hat preserver sunscreen); my @professor = qw(sunscreen water_bottle slide_rule batteries radio); my %all = { "Gilligan" => [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Skipper" => [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Professor" => [EMAIL PROTECTED], }; check_items_for_all(\%all); sub check_items_for_all{ my $all = shift; for my $person(sort keys %$all) { print "this is person=>$person\n"; check_items_required($person, $all->{$person}); } #end for } #end check_items_for_all sub check_items_required { my $who = shift; print "this is who=>$who\n"; my $items = shift; my @required = qw(preserver sunscreen water_bottle jacket); for my $item (@required) { unless (grep $item eq $_, @$items) { #if statement is false print "$who is missing $item\n"; } #end unless } #end for } #end sub Reggie Johnson TSM Admin