How do I make a deep copy of a hash (or other data structure)?


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How do I make a deep copy of a hash (or other data structure)?

by Athanasius (Archbishop)

on Jan 12, 2019 at 08:10 UTC ( [id://1228416]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml )

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How do I make a deep copy of a hash (or other data structure)?

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Re: How do I make a deep copy of a hash (or other data structure)?⭐ by haukex (Archbishop) on Jan 12, 2019 at 08:24 UTC
There's also the module Clone.	[reply]
Re: How do I make a deep copy of a hash (or other data structure)?⭐ by Athanasius (Archbishop) on Jan 12, 2019 at 08:15 UTC
Use the `dclone` method from the Storable module. (Answer found in a 2008 post by Corion.)	[reply] [d/l]

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