How can I set several values to hash in loop

[bhavanirayala]

Hi,

I have to set some values based on some conditions to hash object.
How can i set?
I am using the following code.

[code=perl]
if($attrs{"Coll Type"} eq "A")
{
%A_hash = ($attrs{"State" },$attrs{"Team" });
}
[/code]

I am parsing one xml file and based on the CollType I am assigning the state and team values to A hash.
But finally i get the last key value only.and its size is always 1.
Hash is not growing as needed.
How can i achieve this?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Bhavani

[mehj123]

Hi Bhavani,

You have to use something like this
[code=perl]
$A_hash{some_va r} = ($attrs{"State" },$attrs{"Team" });
[/code]

use a unique key each time....

[bhavanirayala]

Hi MehJ,

As you told I modified my code like below.

[code=perl]
if($attrs{"Coll Type"} eq "A")
{
## %A_hash = ($attrs{"State" },$attrs{"Team" });
$A_hash{$attrs{ "State"}} = ($attrs{"State" },$attrs{"Team" });
}
[/code]

Then I am getting the following error.
Useless use of hash element in void context at test_report.pl line 43.

Please give any advice.

[mehj123]

HI Bhavani,

U r getting that error because you are using the same variable as key and value.. what i mean is suppose

 $attrs{"State"} = "abc" 
$attrs{"Team"} = "def"

now when you use this statement

 $A_hash{$attrs{"State"}} = ($attrs{"State"},$attrs{"Team"});

what happens is

$A_hash{abc}={abc,def}

there is no need for this as you are storing data repeatidely... you can just give

$A_hash{$attrs{"State"}} = $attrs{"Team"};

hope this helps you..

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[bhavanirayala]

Hi MehJ,

you are right.Thankyou very much.
Now it is working fine.

And I have some other requirement also.
that is
I have one hash which contains letters as key and team as value.
means
a_hash={"ABCDEF GH","Team1","De fault","Team2"}
Means if the first letter of a customer starts with any one of ABCDEFGH then the team is Team1
otherwise the team is Team2.
My problem is how can i check the first name letter with the key?
For example:
Customer name is:Bhavani
then the team is Team1.
If Customer name is:Vijaya
then the team is Team2.

how can we get the first letter of customer name and how can we compare with the key to get the team value?

regards,
Bhavani.

[mehj123]

Hi..
I dont know if i m understanding ur requirements clearly ..try this..
you can get the first letter of a string by splitting like

@arr = split(//,$el);

...
then you can compare like this.....

 foreach(keys %a_hash) 
{
if(key =~ /$arr[0]/)
{
	 $team = $a_hash{key};
}
}

and get the appropriate team value