On Jan 29, 2008 1:26 AM, Andrew Limareff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chas. Owens wrote: > > > You initialize a hash with a list. So if you want an empty hash then > > you need to assign an empty list to it: > > > > %hash = (); > > > > Couldn't you go > > undef( %hash ); > > to get an undefined ref - leaving the old contents for the system to > free up?
Yes, TIMTOWTDI. I chose the way closest to one in the original posters code; however, I still hold that the desire to empty a hash of all keys is a red flag that the hash has too large of a scope and you should be examining why you want to do it rather than how to do it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
