<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm having trouble grasping the syntax to perform foreach operation on an
> anonymous array within an anonymous hash reference.
>
> my $hashRef = { bah => "humbug",
> list => [ "lions", "tigers", "bears", "oh_my" ],
> woo => "hoo" };
>
> How can I run a foreach on every item in that anonymous array reference that
> is a value of the key "list" in the hash reference? I'm having great
> difficulties getting this to work. Is it even possible without nested foreach
> structures? I would think it would be something like:
>
> foreach my $listItem (@{$hashref{list}}) {
> print "$_list item is one item of the array! Woo hoo!\n";
> }
>
> But, that does not work.
>
> I know this works:
>
> foreach my $item (${$hashRef}{list}) {
> foreach (@$item) {
> print "$_\n";
> }
> }
>
> But, that seems like a lot of unnecessary work, iteration, and typing. I
> would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance! :)
Hi Chris.
Very nearly right, but its
foreach my $listItem (@{$hashref{list}}) {
print "$listItem is one item of the array! Woo hoo!\n";
}
OR
foreach (@{$hashref{list}}) {
print "$_ is one item of the array! Woo hoo!\n";
}
HTH,
Rob
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