Re: how to avoid using index of array

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Use a hash?

use strict;
use warnings;

my @guys=qw(Tom Dick Harry);
my @gals=qw(Jane Mary Pamela);

# The real work ...
my %marriages;
@marriages{@guys}=@gals;

for my $guy (keys %marriages) {
    print "$guy - $marriages{$guy}\n";
     }
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prints

Dick - Mary
Harry - Pamela
Tom - Jane
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Re^2: how to avoid using index of array by TomDLux (Vicar) on Nov 14, 2011 at 02:48 UTC
Didn't you ever do first grade? Dick is with Jane and their baby is Spot. As Occam said: Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem.	[reply]
Re^3: how to avoid using index of array by Anonymous Monk on Jun 13, 2012 at 03:30 UTC
Now we know what D in TomDLux stands for :)	[reply]

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