Yeah that's what I started to suspect after I posted. mkhash() should be
saved to a variable name and that variable used in the while each loop.
At 01:18 PM 3/18/2006 +1100, Sisyphus wrote:
>That's not what I find.
>The following script (suggested by Chris) simply prints "All done" for me.
>
my
- Original Message -
From: "Eric Amick"
.
.
> You can return a reference to a
> hash instead and then dereference it in the caller:
>
> while (($key, $value)= each( %{ mkhash() }))
> {
> print("$key = $value\n");
> }
>
> sub mkhash
> {
> my %hash=('one'=>1, 'two'=>2, 'three'=>3);
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:05:07 -0800, you wrote:
># Using subroutine that returns a hash doesn't work
>while (($key, $value)= each( mkhash() ))
>{
>print("$key = $value\n");
>}
>
>sub mkhash
>{
> my %hash=('one'=>1, 'two'=>2, 'three'=>3);
> return %hash;
>}
The each() function expects i
At 04:40 PM 3/16/2006 -0700, Edwards, Mark (CXO) wrote:
>The each function requires a hash as an argument. I would think that a
>subroutine that returns a hash could be used as the argument, but it
>doesn't work. Why? Is my syntax wrong or is that just the way Larry
>made it?
U have to evaluate
- Original Message -
From: "Edwards, Mark (CXO)"
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.
> # Using subroutine that returns a hash doesn't work
> while (($key, $value)= each( mkhash() ))
One problem with allowing that is that at each iteration of the while loop,
mkhash() gets re-run, returning another anonymous hash. The ea
The each function requires a hash as an argument. I would think that a
subroutine that returns a hash could be used as the argument, but it
doesn't work. Why? Is my syntax wrong or is that just the way Larry
made it?
use warnings;
use strict;
my ($key, $value, %hash) ;
# Using hash for funct
