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in reply to Merge 2 hashes which contains duplicate Keys

It's been done.

use strict; use warnings; use Hash::Merge; use Data::Dumper; my %hash1 = ( this => 1, that => 2, the => 3, other => 4 ); my %hash2 = ( those => 1, them => 2, thine => 3, other => 42 ); my %merged = %{ Hash::Merge->new('RETAINMENT_PRECEDENT')->merge( \%has +h1, \%hash2 ) }; print Dumper \%merged;

Hash::Merge can merge arbitrarily deep hashes, following pre-defined rules for key conflict resolution.


Dave

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Re^2: Merge 2 hashes which contains duplicate Keys
by slayedbylucifer (Scribe) on Sep 26, 2012 at 04:43 UTC
    Thanks Dave. yes, I had gone through the Hash::Merge and it is a life savior. I want to learn more about perl data structure and hence trying things on my own without taking help from any module. Thanks for your time.
Re^2: Merge 2 hashes which contains duplicate Keys
by DavidH (Novice) on May 25, 2015 at 00:41 UTC
    Thanks from one Dave to another, saved me HEAPS of time, what an awesome module!

      You are welcome. :) Makes me happy to hear something I wrote several years ago ended up being helpful later on.


      Dave