Re: Re: Re: Re: correct usage of class attributes

[Anonymous Monk]

last question, I promise!!!

What about if I want something like: $self->{friends} and I want it to be a list or $self->{pets} and I want it to be a hash? like dogs->mike, charlie->cat mary, sal thanks so much!

[gjb]

Simple: $self->{friends} = ['John', 'Marie'];, or to add something to that list: push(@{$self->{friends}}, 'Jane');.

Same story for hashes: $self->{pets}->{dogs} = 'mike'

You may want to have a look at the tutorials on references and data structures in the perldocs (since the site is down, I can't link you now).

Hope this helps, -gjb-