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in thread array or array ref as variable

( Note the update:  @{$arr_hash{$_}} = collectData($_, $CFG{$CFG{ uc $_}});)

I reckon the calling program can go like this:

my (@fw, @vrf, @vlan, @portchannel);
my %arr_hash = (fw=> \@fw, vrf=> \@vrf, vlan =>\@vlan, portchannel => 
+\@portchannel);
  
  foreach (keys %arr_hash) {
    @{$arr_hash{$_}} = collectData($_, $CFG{$CFG{ uc $_}});
  }

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Helen

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Re^4: array or array ref as variable
by Hossein (Acolyte) on Jun 28, 2013 at 08:12 UTC
    It works just fine :) Thank you Helen :)

    what about a smarter way of doing this part? 

      $str =~ /^fw/          ? { @array = NT::FW->extract($content, %CFG) 
+}          :
  $str =~ /^vrf/         ? { @array = NT::VRF->extract($content, %CFG)
+ }         :
  $str =~ /^vlan/        ? { @array = NT::VLAN->extract($content, %CFG
+) }        :
  $str =~ /^portchannel/ ? { @array = NT::PORTCHANNEL->extract($conten
+t, %CFG) } :
          return;

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    /Hossein
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      In my opinion, something like this could work ( dropping the sub, in case you don't need that sub for something else):

      my (@fw, @vrf, @vlan, @portchannel);
my @arr_methods = ([ \@fw, &NT::FW], [\@vrf, &NT::VRF], [\@vlan, &NT::
+VLAN], [ \@portchannel, &NT::PORTCHANNEL] );

  foreach (@arr_methods) {
    @{$_->[0]} = ($_->[1])->extract($content, %CFG);
  }

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      I haven't tested it, the right hand-side of the assignment may not work, (but it's close), if it doesn't work, maybe one of the higher gurus here can fix it.

      Run it and tell us the result

      Helen

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        ok, I did this: 
        
  my @arr_methods = ([ \@fw, \&NT::FW, 'FW'], [\@vrf, \&NT::VRF, 'VRF'
+], [\@vlan, \&NT::VLAN, 'VLAN'], [ \@portchannel, \&NT::PORTCHANNEL, 
+'PORTCHANNEL'] );
    foreach (@arr_methods) {
        @{$_->[0]} = ($_->[1])->extract( &slurpFile($CFG{$CFG{$_->[2]}
+} ), %CFG);
    }

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        If I run  [ \@fw, &NT::FW, 'FW'] I'll get this error message:

        Undefined subroutine &NT::FW called at main4.pl line 32.

        but when I do this: [ \@fw, \&NT::FW, 'FW'] that error message is gone.

        and when I run it I get this error message:

        Can't call method "extract" on unblessed reference at main4.pl line 48.

        /Hossein
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