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Hi
I have an hash as $Hash{Name}{NickName}
Where Name is String
NickName Array
I can get All NickName in an array as

@AllNN=values @{$$Hash{Name}}

my query is Why I cant get the same result with
@AllNN=values %{$Hash{Name}}
or
@AllNN=values $Hash{Name}




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George Kinley wrote:
> I have an hash as $Hash{Name}{NickName}
> Where Name is String
> NickName Array
> I can get All NickName in an array as
>
> @AllNN=values @{$$Hash{Name}}

I find that hard to believe. Please post a short but complete program
that people can copy and run, and that illustrates what you have.

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, George Kinley wrote:

> Hi
> I have an hash as $Hash{Name}{NickName}
> Where Name is String
> NickName Array
> I can get All NickName in an array as
>
> @AllNN=values @{$$Hash{Name}}
>
> my query is Why I cant get the same result with
> @AllNN=values %{$Hash{Name}}
> or
> @AllNN=values $Hash{Name}
>

Analize your datastructure. It looks something like this, yes?

%Hash = (
'Robert' => ['Bob', 'Rob'],
'William' => ['Will', 'Billy'],
);


Now analize the code you were trying to use.

values %{$Hash{'Robert'}}

$Hash{'Robert'} is an array reference. It references an array containing
Bob and Rob. You cannot derefernce this as a hash because it is not a
hash reference.

values $Hash{'Robert'}

$Hash{'Robert'} is an array reference. You cannot use values on an array
reference. The argument to values() must be a hash.

I don't quite understand your claim that values @{$$Hash{Name}} works like
you want it. Even if I have misunderstood your datastructure, you cannot
p*** an array to values(). This is a syntax error.

Using the datastructure I typed above, you would get all the nicknames for
a particular name like this:
@nicks = @{$Hash{'Robert'}};

If you want *all* nicknames, you could use something like this:

@all_nicks = map { @{$Hash{$_}} } keys %Hash;



If you need further ***istance (if, for example, I have not understood
your description of your datastructure), please post a short but complete
program demonstrating your issue.

Thank you,
Paul Lalli

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Paul Lalli wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, George Kinley wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > I have an hash as $Hash{Name}{NickName}
> > Where Name is String
> > NickName Array
> > I can get All NickName in an array as
> >
> > @AllNN=values @{$$Hash{Name}}
> >
> > my query is Why I cant get the same result with
> > @AllNN=values %{$Hash{Name}}
> > or
> > @AllNN=values $Hash{Name}
> >
>
> Analize your datastructure. It looks something like this, yes?
>
> %Hash = (
> 'Robert' => ['Bob', 'Rob'],
> 'William' => ['Will', 'Billy'],
> );
>
>
> Now analize the code you were trying to use.
>
> values %{$Hash{'Robert'}}
>
> $Hash{'Robert'} is an array reference. It references an array
> containing Bob and Rob. You cannot derefernce this as a hash because
> it is not a hash reference.
>
> values $Hash{'Robert'}
>
> $Hash{'Robert'} is an array reference. You cannot use values on an
> array reference. The argument to values() must be a hash.
>
> I don't quite understand your claim that values @{$$Hash{Name}} works
> like you want it. Even if I have misunderstood your datastructure,
> you cannot p*** an array to values(). This is a syntax error.
>
> Using the datastructure I typed above, you would get all the
> nicknames for a particular name like this:
> @nicks = @{$Hash{'Robert'}};
>
> If you want all nicknames, you could use something like this:
>
> @all_nicks = map { @{$Hash{$_}} } keys %Hash;
>
>
>
> If you need further ***istance (if, for example, I have not understood
> your description of your datastructure), please post a short but
> complete program demonstrating your issue.
>
> Thank you,
> Paul Lalli


I believe its my mistake that I did not mentioned that I was getting
this HASH as reference from another procedure, so that is the reason I
need to dereference it by double "$"
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On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, George Kinley wrote:

> Paul Lalli wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, George Kinley wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > > I have an hash as $Hash{Name}{NickName}
> > > Where Name is String
> > > NickName Array
> > > I can get All NickName in an array as
> > >
> > > @AllNN=values @{$$Hash{Name}}
> > >
> > > my query is Why I cant get the same result with
> > > @AllNN=values %{$Hash{Name}}
> > > or
> > > @AllNN=values $Hash{Name}
> > >
> >
> > I don't quite understand your claim that values @{$$Hash{Name}} works
> > like you want it. Even if I have misunderstood your datastructure,
> > you cannot p*** an array to values(). This is a syntax error.
> >
>
> I believe its my mistake that I did not mentioned that I was getting
> this HASH as reference from another procedure, so that is the reason I
> need to dereference it by double "$"


This is not at all the issue. You're claiming that you're p***ing an
array (something that starts with '@') to the values() function. This
doesn't work. It's a syntax error. It doesn't matter how many levels of
dereferencing are involved.

Post a short but complete program that illustrates your problem if you're
still having one.

Paul Lalli

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Paul Lalli wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, George Kinley wrote:
>
> > Paul Lalli wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, George Kinley wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi
> > > > I have an hash as $Hash{Name}{NickName}
> > > > Where Name is String
> > > > NickName Array
> > > > I can get All NickName in an array as
> > > >
> > > > @AllNN=values @{$$Hash{Name}}
> > > >
> > > > my query is Why I cant get the same result with
> > > > @AllNN=values %{$Hash{Name}}
> > > > or
> > > > @AllNN=values $Hash{Name}
> > > >
> > >
> > > I don't quite understand your claim that values @{$$Hash{Name}}
> > > works like you want it. Even if I have misunderstood your
> > > datastructure, you cannot p*** an array to values(). This is a
> > > syntax error.
> > >
> >
> > I believe its my mistake that I did not mentioned that I was getting
> > this HASH as reference from another procedure, so that is the
> > reason I need to dereference it by double "$"
>
>
> This is not at all the issue. You're claiming that you're p***ing an
> array (something that starts with '@') to the values() function. This
> doesn't work. It's a syntax error. It doesn't matter how many
> levels of dereferencing are involved.
>
> Post a short but complete program that illustrates your problem if
> you're still having one.
>
> Paul Lalli

SOrry for asking the wrong question I was also not using the "values"
Sorry again


But my questions was

my query is Why I cant get the same result with
> > > > @AllNN=values %{$Hash{Name}}
> > > > or
> > > > @AllNN=values $Hash{Name}
> > > >

that was explained by you thanks
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-Gk