> This was all written by a vendor and I am trying to learn
> PERL to modify what they did. When you say I must print it
> explicitly, what exactly do you mean?
You have to _sort_ it explicitly. In Timothy's example, he was sorting
the hash alphabetically based on the keys. The keys function r
Thanks for the info! Here is a code snippet we are using to process the
array:
sub ViewError( % )
{
if( $MAIN::FUNCTION != $MAIN::F_NOTHING )
{
if ( $MAIN::SOURCE == $MAIN::S_ERROR || $MAIN::SOURCE ==
$MAIN::S_BOTH)
{
$Err207Flag = "N"; ## P. Starkey 10/12/2000
That's not the way associative arrays work. They are stored differently.
If you want them to be printed in a certain order, then you must do it
explicitly. I think it is really better to think of it as a hash instead of
an associative array for that reason. Not all of the rules apply. I
commo