Trying to map an array into a hash

Gurus, I'm trying to use map--instead of a for loop--to split an array into a hash. As you can see by the output I'm getting, it ain't workin'. Am I doing something wrong, or am I just trying the impossible? Here's the code, followed by what I get, followed by what I *want* to get. TIA!

Re: Trying to map an array into a hash

didyou expect the comments to be removed automatically? Hmm (note the @ary/@data change) my %hash = map { split /\s\|/ } grep { /\|/ } @data; # line 76 works: 000: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value 001: Somewhere/something/thisplace/someplace/Things/here//Value

Re: Trying to map an array into a hash

Thanks Andy! The Systems Mangler strikes again! Deane Rothenmaier Programmer/Analyst Walgreens Corp. 847-914-5150 Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave, when they think their children are naive. -- Ogden Nash___ ActivePerl mailing list

RE: Trying to map an array into a hash

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: didyou expect the comments to be removed automatically? Hmm (note the @ary/@data change) my %hash = map { split /\s\|/ } grep { /\|/ } @data; # line 76 Making sure that split can't produce more that 2 fields may be a bit safer, just in case there is a

Re: Trying to map an array into a hash

my %hash = map { split /\s\|/ } grep { /\|/ } @data; # line 76 Comments containing '|' will produce surprising results. When parsing data, i would recommend not to aim for brevity, but to aim for clarity, robustness and maintainability - unless you are training for a code obfuscation