Re^2: Convert string to hash

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%temp = %$value;
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how can i make this work (dont work)

$certname = $value->{'certname'};
$temp{$certname} = %$value;
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i lose the %$value

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Re^3: Convert string to hash by AppleFritter (Vicar) on Mar 27, 2017 at 17:41 UTC
how can i make this work (dont work) Individual hash (and array) elements must be scalars. In order to store a more complex data structure, you have to store a reference — which is what `$value` already is. So assuming that this is what you want to do, and assuming `%temp` was previously declared as a hash, `$certname = $value->{'certname'}; $temp{$certname} = $value;` [download] should do the trick.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Convert string to hash by 1nickt (Canon) on Mar 27, 2017 at 17:59 UTC
Building on AppleFritter's answers: You can combine the loop through your results with the hash-building using map, which transforms one list into another, while performing some action on each element. In this case the action would be to add the appropriate key and value to your hash. (And we can transform the first list into a hash because a hash is a list of pairs ...) `my %json_hash = however_you_got_it(); my %new_hash = map { $_->{'certname'} => $_ } values %{ $json_hash{'r +esults'} };` [download] Here `map` takes each element of the list returned by `values()`, which is a hashref, extracts the value of its key 'certname', uses that as the key in the new hash, and uses the entire hashref as the value. Also note that I dereferenced the hashref `$json_hash{'results'}` before using it, because it's not "stable" Perl code to call `values()` (or `keys()`) on a hashref. I imagine you got a warning like "values on reference is experimental at ...", no? Hope this helps! The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Convert string to hash by AppleFritter (Vicar) on Mar 27, 2017 at 18:14 UTC
Also note that I dereferenced the hashref `$json_hash{'results'}` before using it, because it's not "stable" Perl code to call `values()` (or `keys()`) on a hashref. I imagine you got a warning like "values on reference is experimental at ...", no? More than that, I seem to recall that this either already is deprecated and scheduled to be removed (though I can't find it in ~~perldeprecation~~ perldeprecation), or that deprecation was at the very least discussed. Warning or not I'd definitely not use `keys` and friends on a reference. EDIT: found it. It's been removed in Perl 5.24; see perl5240delta.	[reply]
Re^5: Convert string to hash by haukex (Archbishop) on Mar 27, 2017 at 18:27 UTC
More than that, I seem to recall that this either already is deprecated and scheduled to be removed I see you've found the reference, but since I've collected a few more links I'll post my reply anyway ;-) The "autoderef" feature was introduced in v5.14, warnings about the experimental status were added in v5.20, and the feature was removed in v5.24. Also in v5.24, Postfix Dereference Syntax was taken out of experimental status; I believe the idea was it would serve as a replacement for autoderef (`pop $arrayref` becomes `pop $arrayref->@*`). See also perlexperiment.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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