[tpm] Breaking a string up into hash keys

[Quantum Mechanic]

You could use s/// and an eval, if there's no security issue. Otherwise, treat it like a linked list, and walk the plank. 

Cheers,
Shaun

On Apr 13, 2013, at 6:29 AM, Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
>  I've got a rather large, random-depth hash. ie:
> 
> $conf->{foo}{bar} = "a";
> $conf->{baz} = "1";
> $conf->{this}{and}{the}{other}{thing} = "what?";
> 
>  And so on. The number of hash keys can be quite varied, depending on the use.
> 
>  So now I want to be able to take a string that is in the format:
> 
> foo::bar
> baz
> this::and::the::other::thing
> 
>  Split on the :: and use that to pull the value out of the hash.
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated! :)
> 
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> Digimer
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