I believe the standard solution is to use Storable <a href="http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Storable">http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Storable</a> (I think it's a standard module?)<div><br></div><div>Look at freeze() and thaw() or dclone() in the perldoc there.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Robert Pike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roberthpike@yahoo.com">roberthpike@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I have a complex hash that I want to make a "copy" of before manipulating the original hash.<br>
Here is what I have :<br>
my %tmpData = %{$aDATA};<br>
If I make changes to %{%aDATA} the changes are reflected in %tmpData. How can I copy the hash without having to loop through each element and assigning to the backup copy? Thanks.<br>
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