Hash as a function argument.. plz help!

[Karel Kubat]

Hi all,
I have a problem with a snippet of code. I'm trying to pass a hash as an
argument to a function. Below is some test code:

--- snip snip
use strict;

my %map = {
1 => 'one',
2 => 'two',
3 => 'three',
};

sub fun {
my $what = shift;
my %hash = @_;

print ("$what: ");
foreach my $k (keys (%hash)) {
print (" [$k]=[$hash{$k}]");
}
print ("\n");
}

# Why won't this work..
fun ("whatever", %map);

# But this will ?!
fun ("again",
'a' => 'first char', 'b' => 'second');
--- snip snip

What am I doing wrong (obviously near the comment mark "why won't this
work")? Any and all help will be appreciated!

Thanks in advance,
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[Bart Van der Donck]

> # Why won't this work..

fun ("whatever", %map);

# But this will ?!
fun ("again",
'a' => 'first char', 'b' => 'second');
--- snip snip

What am I doing wrong (obviously near the comment mark "why won't this
work")? Any and all help will be appreciated!

You should declare your hash by ()-signs and not by {}-signs. In your code:

my %map = (
1 => 'one',
2 => 'two',
3 => 'three',
);

Regards,
Bart

[Anno Siegel]

Bart Van der Donck <ba**@nijlen.com> wrote in comp.lang.perl.misc:

# Why won't this work..
fun ("whatever", %map);

# But this will ?!
fun ("again",
'a' => 'first char', 'b' => 'second');
--- snip snip

What am I doing wrong (obviously near the comment mark "why won't this
work")? Any and all help will be appreciated!

You should declare your hash by ()-signs and not by {}-signs. In your code:

^^^^^^^ my %map = (
1 => 'one',
2 => 'two',
3 => 'three',
);

That's not declaration, it's assignment. The declaration is "my %map".

Sorry for the nitpick, but "declaration" and "assignment" (or
"initialization") are often confused. We have an ongoing thread
where this lead to a misunderstanding.

Anno