On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Ben Crane wrote: > Cheers, > > I was going to think about using a hash for a text > file that contains information from a > file::find...there are thousands and thousands of > files I want to x-check and update it the modified > date differs...at the moment, arrays work fine, but I > was hoping a hash would mean a slightly quicker find!
In this case a hash might be a better option, the filename can be the key and the array reference of it's attributes as the value. Since you are dealing with thousands of records a tied hash would be even better. perldoc -f tie -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
