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Re^2: Array loops and assignments

by madbee (Acolyte)
on Jul 07, 2013 at 19:46 UTC ( #1043008=note: print w/ replies, xml ) Need Help??

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@Preceptor: Right. I want to store each element of the array in a variable of its own. So instead of assigning it to individual variables, I was hoping to build the variable and assign it on the fly. Makes sense? Perhaps,I'm overcomplicating this... Thanks!

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Re^3: Array loops and assignments
by roboticus (Canon) on Jul 07, 2013 at 20:24 UTC


    OK, I'll bite: Why? What are you going to be able to do with the variables that you can't already do with the array?



Re^3: Array loops and assignments
by davido (Archbishop) on Jul 08, 2013 at 01:26 UTC

    Definitely overcomplicating it. Try this idiom: Think of a hash as a namespace, and its elements as variables within that namespace.

    my @array = qw( Larry Curly Moe ); my %stooges; @stooges{ @array } = ( 0 .. $#array ); print "$_ = $stooges{$_}\n" for keys %stooges;

    Or if you want numbers in the name:

    %stooges = map { 'var' . $_ , $array[$_] } 0 .. $#array;


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