Re: Config::Std multi-part problem


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Re: Config::Std multi-part problem

by TheDamian (Priest)

on Dec 13, 2005 at 21:49 UTC ( #516442=note: print w/replies, xml )

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in reply to Config::Std multi-part problem

If you want to convert a single-valued entry into a multi-valued entry, you need to convert the scalar to an array . Like so:

    use Config::Std;

    read_config 'test.cfg' => my %config;
    print $config{"MYSECTION"}{"element"} . "\n";

    $config{"MYSECTION"}{"element"} = [
        $config{"MYSECTION"}{"element"},
        "test2",
    ];

    write_config %config;
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Re^2: Config::Std multi-part problem
by carcassonne (Pilgrim) on Dec 14, 2005 at 13:31 UTC

I now also use Contextual::Return to see if the value is a scalar in the first place:

print "This is a scalar\n"
  if (SCALAR { $config{"MYSECTION"}{"element"} });
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If I had the time, I could look into Contextual::Return to see what code is SCALAR, and extract only that, but I see no problem so far in including the whole module.

I've noticed a blank entry in %config. Please see the new thread I created for that subject.

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