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Re: TreePP (Hash or Array)
by davorg (Chancellor) on Jan 15, 2007 at 15:36 UTC

    You write as though you assume that everyone should just know what "TreePP" is. I think you probably mean XML::TreePP.

    If that's the case then perhaps the force_array option will be useful.

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Re: TreePP (Hash or Array)
by eff_i_g (Curate) on Jan 15, 2007 at 15:34 UTC
    Are you talking about XML::TreePP? You can use ref to check the return type: if it's an array, OK; if it's a hash, put it into an array; continue processing.

    You may want to contact the author to see if this could be handled better in the module, or perhaps there is reason behind the behavior.

    Update: Kudos to davorg for reading the docs :)
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      Except, it didn't work. But I used your solution, but I guess my code isn't that elegant though. 
      if ( ref $tree->{$xfile}->{$rec} eq 'HASH' )
{
    my $x=$tree->{$xfile}->{$rec};
    delete $tree->{$xfile}->{$rec};
    $tree->{$xfile}->{$rec}[0]=($x);
}

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        force_array did not work? Is it not what it seems to be, a bug, or, upon second glance, a (gasp!) user error?
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