On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Sharan Basappa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to find out if an entry exists in a hash array? > e.g. I have a hash array and another normal array. I would like loop > though regular array and see if the entries defined in this array exist > in hash array. snip
By hash array do you mean an array of hashes (AoH), a hash of arrays (HoA), or are you merging the names hash and associative array (the real name of hashes)? By your question I think you mean the last item. You can loop through the array using for and test for the existence of a key with exists: for my $element (@array) { if (exists $hash{$element}) { print "$element is in the hash\n"; } } -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/