Re: How do I take a slice of a hash reference?

[japhy]

Here's how:

@slice = @{$array_ref}[ @idx ];
@slice = @{$hash_ref}{ @keys };

And there's no easy way to "pretend" a list is a hash. You need to use a hash reference explicitly:

$scalar = {1, 'a', 2, 'b'}->{$key};
@slice = @{ { 1, 'a', 2, 'b' } }{ @keys };