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> New to perl (old to Ada, C, C++, COBOL, .....) ....I'm looking at some
> existing code.
>
> read_config ('../config/legacyload.cfg', %ConfigFile);
> @TablePreReq = keys(%ConfigFile{InputDataFile});
>
>
> When I run it I get the error (v. 5.8.4):
>
> syntax error at cutover.pl line 318, near "%ConfigFile
> {InputDataFile"
>
> I can't find any declaration of any of the entities referenced above.
> I was wondering if someone could give me some hint as to what the
> problem might be.
Most likely the second line should look like this:
@TablePreReq = keys(%{$ConfigFile{InputDataFile}});
that is we expect the $ConfigFile{InputDataFile} to be a reference to
a hash so we dereference it and then get the list of keys.
it looks to me like the first line also needs to be changed. I'd
expect it to be
read_config ('../config/legacyload.cfg', \%ConfigFile);
to pass a reference to the hash. Though it's hard to be sure since we
do not know what module defined the read_config() function. It might
be using prototypes to allow you to call it like you did, but it
looks unlikely to me.
HTH, Jenda
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