On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 11:42 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> use constant PART_NUMBER => 'P/N';
>
> print PART_NUMBER;
>
> The above prints, "P/N", as I would expect. Later in the script I
> want to access a hash value using the constant like this:
> my $part = $parts{ $key }{ PART_NUMBER }; <- this doesn't work, but
because the hash think "PART_NUMBER" is a key name instead of a constant.
to avoid this confusion, add a "+" before the constant,
my $part = $parts{ $key }{ +PART_NUMBER };
Good luck!
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