[Chicago-talk] specifying 2 variables as 1 hash key

[Steven Lembark]

-- Paul Baker <pbaker at where2getit.com>

>
> On Dec 3, 2003, at 1:36 PM, Dooley, Michael wrote:
>
>> print "$hash{$var1$var2}"; #this does not work.
>
> That's because you want this:
>
> print $hash{"$var1$var2"};

the camel has a good description of hash keys. You
probably just want a composite key:

	$key1,$key2

(i.e., separated with a comma, as on a list). These
is already handling for this built into the language
from before referents (necessary for nested hashes).



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