referencing a hash 1

[snookmz]

g'day all

I want to access a hash table based on what value is in a particular string.. i.e.

%"$string"{$key} = "such and such";

can this be done?? And if so whats the correct syntax??

any help will be gratelly appreciated.. thanks in advance
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[tsdragon]

You want the string to contain the NAME of the hash? This is the correct syntax to do that:

${$string}{$key} = "value";

The curly brackets around the $string may not be required in this case, but they don't hurt. They would be required if part of the hash name was a literal and part was a variable, like ${"hash_".$string}. Tracy Dryden
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