From: Rob Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Jenda Krynicky wrote: > > It's just a matter of one map(): > > > > #!perl > > use XML::Generator; > > > > $ref = { > > 'dermot' => '10', > > 'joe' => '17', > > 'rose' => '11', > > 'phil' => '13', > > 'brian' => '20', > > 'andy' => '15', > > }; > > > > my $gen = XML::Generator->new(':pretty'); > > my $xml = $gen->users( > > map { $gen->user({id => $ref->{$_}}, $_) } keys %{$ref} > > ); > > > > print $xml; > > __END__ > > Well yes, of course that's possible. But you're advocating abandoning > strictures and writing unintelligible code by proposing it.
Beg your pardon? use strict doesn't have any problems with that code. And if you find map{} uninteligible it's your problem, not the code's. If you insist on not using map{} you could of course write the code like this: #!perl use strict; use warnings; use XML::Generator; my $ref = { 'dermot' => '10', 'joe' => '17', 'rose' => '11', 'phil' => '13', 'brian' => '20', 'andy' => '15', }; my $gen = XML::Generator->new(':pretty'); my @users; foreach (keys %{$ref}) { push @users, $gen->user({id => $ref->{$_}}, $_) } my $xml = $gen->users( @users ); print $xml; __END__ but I do not find it any easier to read. Just the opposite. map{} just transforms a list, what's so hard about it? Jenda ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] === http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ===== When it comes to wine, women and song, wizards are allowed to get drunk and croon as much as they like. -- Terry Pratchett in Sourcery -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/