> -----Original Message----- > From: Edward Wijaya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 12:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: How to find if a key exist in hash? > > > Hi, > > I have the following code, > and I know it is HORRIBLE. > > I wonder if I can do it in more > efficient and elegant way? > > Thanks so much > and > > Regards, > Edward WIJAYA > SINGAPORE > > > __BEGIN__ > use strict; > use warnings; > use Getopt::Std; > use Data::Dumper; > > my %hash = ( > A => 'blabla', > B => 'dadada', > C => 'tititi', > ); > > my $s = 'A'; > my $get = check_ifHash_key_exist(\%hash, $s); > print "Got it: $get\n"; > > #--- this is how I do it (don't laugh) -------------- > > sub check_ifHash_key_exist { > > my ($hash, $str) = @_; > my $found_str; > my @array = keys %{$hash}; > for (my $i= 0; $i < keys %{$hash}; $i++) { > if ($array[$i] eq $str) { > $found_str = $array[$i]; > last; > } > } > return $found_str; > } > __END__
perldoc -f exists See Also: http://search.cpan.org/~bpowers/Hash-NoVivify-0.01/NoVivify.pm HTH, José. **** DISCLAIMER **** "This e-mail and any attachment thereto may contain information which is confidential and/or protected by intellectual property rights and are intended for the sole use of the recipient(s) named above. Any use of the information contained herein (including, but not limited to, total or partial reproduction, communication or distribution in any form) by other persons than the designated recipient(s) is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender either by telephone or by e-mail and delete the material from any computer". Thank you for your cooperation. For further information about Proximus mobile phone services please see our website at http://www.proximus.be or refer to any Proximus agent. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>