[Israel.pm] Populating a has table

[Shlomi Fish]

On Thursday 21 February 2008, Peter Gordon wrote:
> Suppose I have the following raw data
> aaa bbb ccc 1
> ddd eee 2
> aaa fff ddd hhh 3
> ....
>
>
> I want to populate a hash thusly:
> $hash->{aaa}{bbb}{ccc} = 1
> $hash->{ddd}{eee} = 2
> $hash->{aaa}{fff}{ddd}{hhh} = 3
> ....
>
> What is the best way for populating the hash from the raw data, given
> that the data could go to any depth?
>

I don't know of a better way than using a loop or recursion. But there may be 
CPAN modules for doing that.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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