Re: Array Element Deletion

[rpike]

I'll put it this way then. I have a hash whereby it has a key for each date in a range. Each date could have multiple people assigned. So I might have a hash entry like this :

$hash{"DEC012008"}[0] = "Mike";
$hash{"DEC012008"}[1] = "Steve";
etc..,

I want to randomly select one of the elements in the array assigned to the hash entry DEC012008 and then remove it from that array so, if I come back to that date, I don't reselect a person that was already selected.

[Krambambuli]

It always pays to take a look onto when searching for a solution. It looks to me that Tie::Pick is exacly what you want.

As for the list reference you might need, it's no crime to dereference it explicitely in order to use simpler structures , like say


my $candidates_ref = $hash{"DEC012008"};

Hth