On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 11:18:34AM +0100, Martin Bower
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Could anyone suggest a better way to split $text into a hash, using the keys
> stored in @header ?
> Any tips would be appreciated.
>
> my $text = "first second Third fourth fifth sixth";
> my @header = ( '1st', '2nd' , '3rd' , '4th' , '5th' , '6th' );
> my @fields = split(' ',$text,6);
>
> my %end_hash = ( $header[0] , $fields[0],
> $header[1] , $fields[1],
> $header[2] , $fields[2],
> $header[3] , $fields[3],
> $header[4] , $fields[4],
> $header[5] , $fields[5] );
my %end_hash;
@end_hash{@header} = split ' ', $text, 6;
Hash slices rock.
Dave...
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