FW: How do I build a associative array from a dyanamic list

Ben Goswami (ben.goswami@infospace.com)
Wed, 11 Apr 2001 11:28:14 -0700 

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hi,

How can I create a associative array from an unknown list of entities.  As
we don't have an equivalent of 'add' or 'push' function for the associative
array.
for example: I'm trying to parse an xml file and create an nested
associative array. The number of 'items' element in the source data may be
varying.


I've attached the xml:

the only in the docs I see about this is this:
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How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
Either stringify the structure yourself (no fun), or else get the MLDBM
(which uses Data::Dumper) module from CPAN and layer it on top of either
DB_File or GDBM_File.
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Is there any other way
thx
ben




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