> Is this the correct way to check for element existence?
the correct way is to use exists on each element.
But if you wanna check multiple keys in one run, why not using keys to get them?
update
you could try this to apply hash-slices:
DB<230> sub tst{
my $href=shift;
my %needed;
@needed{qw/name unit quantity/}=();
delete @needed{ keys %$href };
print "Elements missing; ", keys %needed if %needed;
}
DB<231> tst({name=>1,bla=>2,unit=>3,quantity=>4})
DB<232> tst({name=>1,bla=>2,unit=>3})
Elements missing; quantity
DB<233> tst({bla=>2,unit=>3})
Elements missing; quantityname
but this is certainly easier understood and maintained:
DB<234> sub tst{
my $href=shift;
my @missing = grep { ! exists $href->{$_} } qw/name unit
+quantity/;
print "Elements missing: @missing" if @missing;
}
DB<235> tst({name=>1,bla=>2,unit=>3,quantity=>4})
DB<236> tst({name=>1,bla=>2,unit=>3})
Elements missing: quantity
Cheers Rolf
( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)
-
Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
-
Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
<code> <a> <b> <big>
<blockquote> <br /> <dd>
<dl> <dt> <em> <font>
<h1> <h2> <h3> <h4>
<h5> <h6> <hr /> <i>
<li> <nbsp> <ol> <p>
<small> <strike> <strong>
<sub> <sup> <table>
<td> <th> <tr> <tt>
<u> <ul>
-
Snippets of code should be wrapped in
<code> tags not
<pre> tags. In fact, <pre>
tags should generally be avoided. If they must
be used, extreme care should be
taken to ensure that their contents do not
have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent
horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor
intervention).
-
Want more info? How to link
or How to display code and escape characters
are good places to start.