Hi I am new to hashes
Can somebody tell me why I can print $KEY but not $VALUE?
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#!/usr/local/bin
open(GROUP, /etc/group) || die Cannot open:$!\n;
while(GROUP) {
($KEY,$gpass,$ggid,$VALUE) = split(/:+/);
$HASH{$KEY} =
]
Subject: Re: Printing values from hashes
Hi I am new to hashes
Can somebody tell me why I can print $KEY but not $VALUE?
==
#!/usr/local/bin
open(GROUP, /etc/group) || die Cannot open:$!\n;
while(GROUP) {
($KEY,$gpass,$ggid,$VALUE
Jaime,
The problem is with the regular expression that you are using in the
split function.
When you say to use 1 or more : for the separator, you are causing
the password field to be skipped (if it is empty as you will have two
:: together.
If you change your regexp to just be
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Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 10:49 AM
To: Hourihane, Jaime
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Subject: Re: Printing values from hashes
Jaime,
The problem is with the regular expression that you are using in the
split function.
When you say to use 1 or more : for the separator, you are causing
