Hi,
> You put an escape character '\' (no quote) to point to another hash
> (what follows / symbol, to be more precise). It's known as
> (hash/array/code) references.
>
> my %stp_dirs = ('mvb' => \%mvb_dirs,
> 'pkv' => \%pkv_dirs,
> 'av' =>
HACKER Nora asked:
> Thanks for your explanation and the reference to perldoc, I understand
> now. But it doesn't work yet, I still get the same error. I have
> altered my source now as follows:
>
> my %stp_dirs = ( "mvb" => "\%mvb_dirs",
> "pkv" => "\%pkv_di
On Wednesday 12 May 2010, HACKER Nora wrote:
> Thanks for your explanation and the reference to perldoc, I understand now.
> But it doesn't work yet, I still get the same error. I have altered my source
> now as follows:
>
> my %stp_dirs = ( "mvb" => "\%mvb_dirs",
>
Hi Nora,
On Wednesday 12 May 2010, HACKER Nora wrote:
> > while ( my($sdir,$tdir) = each %{$stp_dirs{'mvb'}}) {
> > print("SourceDir: $sdir\t\tTargetDir: $tdir\n");
> > }
>
> Is that 'mvb' intentional? Also, I don't understand why to put '\%' in front
> of the values from the master hash.
Hi Thomas,
> If you "use strict;" you may not use symbolic references, i.e. (mis)use
> a variable's name to create a reference to it. That's why I fixed your
> code
> by replacing the variable names with references to the variable I
> assumed you'd wish to address.
>
> Maybe you should take a loo
HACKER Nora asked:
> > Try:
> >
> > my %stp_dirs = ('mvb' => \%mvb_dirs,
> > 'pkv' => \%pkv_dirs,
> > 'av' => \%av_dirs,
> > 'be' => \%be_dirs,
> > 'vvw' => \%vvw_dirs );
> >
> > while ( my($sdir,$tdir) = each %{$s
Hi Thomas,
> Try:
>
> my %stp_dirs = ( 'mvb' => \%mvb_dirs,
> 'pkv' => \%pkv_dirs,
> 'av' => \%av_dirs,
> 'be' => \%be_dirs,
> 'vvw' => \%vvw_dirs );
>
> while ( my($sdir,$tdir) = each %{$stp_dirs{'mvb'}}
HACKER Nora wrote:
> The script is being started with a parameter $stp (among others) that
> can be one of mvb/pkv/av/be/vvw. This parameter is used as a key for a
> master hash the values of which are names of other hashes themselves.
>
> # Master-Hash
> my %stp_dirs = ( "mvb" => "mvb_dirs",
>
