Create the hash in the global part of the program. Pass a reference to
the hash to the subroutine and manipulate that.
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 22:37:36 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martijn Van Exel)
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>From: blowther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "'Martijn van Exel'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: referencing and subroutines.
>Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:51:20 -0600
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>You could return the data b
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Subject: referencing and subroutines.
Hi all,
I'm new to this list and quite new to Perl. I'm on digest, so I'd
appreciate a cc.
I have written a subroutine to parse a text file c
To get a value out of a subroutine you need to use the
return function. So if your sub creates the hash and
you want to do something with it in the script
outside, do something like;
%newhash=subroutine(values);
I believe you may also simply reference the hash
within the subroutine, but you shou
Hi all,
I'm new to this list and quite new to Perl. I'm on digest, so I'd
appreciate a cc.
I have written a subroutine to parse a text file containing a flat file
database. The data ends up in a hash of hashes, say %datafile. This hash is
created on the spot, looping through the data in a foreac
