代码范例下面给出了一些简短的代码范例,用于说明对各种数据结构的操作。注释很少,将来或许会有吧。ARRAYS OF ARRAYSDeclaration of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS @AoA = ( [ "fred", "barney" ], [ "george", "jane", "elroy" ], [ "homer", "marge", "bart" ], );Generation of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS # reading from file while ( ) { push @AoA, [ split ]; } # calling a function for $i ( 1 .. 10 ) { $AoA[$i] = [ somefunc($i) ]; } # using temp vars for $i ( 1 .. 10 ) { @tmp = somefunc($i); $AoA[$i] = [ @tmp ]; } # add to an existing row push @{ $AoA[0] }, "wilma", "betty";Access and Printing of an ARRAY OFARRAYS # one element $AoA[0][0] = "Fred"; # another element $AoA[1][1] =~ s/(\w)/\u$1/; # print the whole thing with refs for $aref ( @AoA ) { print "\t [ @$aref ],\n"; } # print the whole thing with indices for $i ( 0 .. $#AoA ) { print "\t [ @{$AoA[$i]} ],\n"; } # print the whole thing one at a time for $i ( 0 .. $#AoA ) { for $j ( 0 .. $#{ $AoA[$i] } ) { print "elt $i $j is $AoA[$i][$j]\n"; } }HASHES OF ARRAYSDeclaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS %HoA = ( flintstones => [ "fred", "barney" ], jetsons => [ "george", "jane", "elroy" ], simpsons => [ "homer", "marge", "bart" ], );Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS # reading from file # flintstones: fred barney wilma dino while ( ) { next unless s/^(.*?):\s*//; $HoA{$1} = [ split ]; } # reading from file; more temps # flintstones: fred barney wilma dino while ( $line = ) { ($who, $rest) = split /:\s*/, $line, 2; @fields = split ' ', $rest; $HoA{$who} = [ @fields ]; } # calling a function that returns a list for $group ( "simpsons", "jetsons", "flintstones" ) { $HoA{$group} = [ get_family($group) ]; } # likewise, but using temps for $group ( "simpsons", "jetsons", "flintstones" ) { @members = get_family($group); $HoA{$group} = [ @members ]; } # append new members to an existing family push @{ $HoA{"flintstones"} }, "wilma", "betty";Access and Printing of a HASH OFARRAYS # one element $HoA{flintstones}[0] = "Fred"; # another element $HoA{simpsons}[1] =~ s/(\w)/\u$1/; # print the whole thing foreach $family ( keys %HoA ) { print "$family: @{ $HoA{$family} }\n" } # print the whole thing with indices foreach $family ( keys %HoA ) { print "family: "; foreach $i ( 0 .. $#{ $HoA{$family} } ) { print " $i = $HoA{$family}[$i]"; } print "\n"; } # print the whole thing sorted by number of members foreach $family ( sort { @{$HoA{$b}} @{$HoA{$a}} } keys %HoA ) { print "$family: @{ $HoA{$family} }\n" } # print the whole thing sorted by number of members and name foreach $family ( sort { @{$HoA{$b}} @{$HoA{$a}} || $a cmp $b } keys %HoA ) { print "$family: ", join(", ", sort @{ $HoA{$family} }), "\n"; }ARRAYS OF HASHESDeclaration of an ARRAY OF HASHES @AoH = ( { Lead => "fred", Friend => "barney", }, { Lead => "george", Wife => "jane", Son => "elroy", }, { Lead => "homer", Wife => "marge", Son => "bart", } );Generation of an ARRAY OF HASHES # reading from file # format: LEAD=fred FRIEND=barney while ( ) { $rec = {}; for $field ( split ) { ($key, $value) = split /=/, $field; $rec->{$key} = $value; } push @AoH, $rec; } # reading from file # format: LEAD=fred FRIEND=barney # no temp while ( ) { push @AoH, { split /[\s+=]/ }; } # calling a function that returns a key/value pair list, like # "lead","fred","daughter","pebbles" while ( %fields = getnextpairset() ) { push @AoH, { %fields }; } # likewise, but using no temp vars while () { push @AoH, { parsepairs($_) }; } # add key/value to an element $AoH[0]{pet} = "dino"; $AoH[2]{pet} = "santa's little helper";Access and Printing of an ARRAY OFHASHES # one element $AoH[0]{lead} = "fred"; # another element $AoH[1]{lead} =~ s/(\w)/\u$1/; # print the whole thing with refs for $href ( @AoH ) { print "{ "; for $role ( keys %$href ) { print "$role=$href->{$role} "; } print "}\n"; } # print the whole thing with indices for $i ( 0 .. $#AoH ) { print "$i is { "; for $role ( keys %{ $AoH[$i] } ) { print "$role=$AoH[$i]{$role} "; } print "}\n"; } # print the whole thing one at a time for $i ( 0 .. $#AoH ) { for $role ( keys %{ $AoH[$i] } ) { print "elt $i $role is $AoH[$i]{$role}\n"; } }HASHES OF HASHESDeclaration of a HASH OF HASHES %HoH = ( flintstones => { lead => "fred", pal => "barney", }, jetsons => { lead => "george", wife => "jane", "his boy" => "elroy", }, simpsons => { lead => "homer", wife => "marge", kid => "bart", }, );Generation of a HASH OF HASHES # reading from file # flintstones: lead=fred pal=barney wife=wilma pet=dino while ( ) { next unless s/^(.*?):\s*//; $who = $1; for $field ( split ) { ($key, $value) = split /=/, $field; $HoH{$who}{$key} = $value; } # reading from file; more temps while ( ) { next unless s/^(.*?):\s*//; $who = $1; $rec = {}; $HoH{$who} = $rec; for $field ( split ) { ($key, $value) = split /=/, $field; $rec->{$key} = $value; } } # calling a function that returns a key,value hash for $group ( "simpsons", "jetsons", "flintstones" ) { $HoH{$group} = { get_family($group) }; } # likewise, but using temps for $group ( "simpsons", "jetsons", "flintstones" ) { %members = get_family($group); $HoH{$group} = { %members }; } # append new members to an existing family %new_folks = ( wife => "wilma", pet => "dino", ); for $what (keys %new_folks) { $HoH{flintstones}{$what} = $new_folks{$what}; }Access and Printing of a HASH OFHASHES # one element $HoH{flintstones}{wife} = "wilma"; # another element $HoH{simpsons}{lead} =~ s/(\w)/\u$1/; # print the whole thing foreach $family ( keys %HoH ) { print "$family: { "; for $role ( keys %{ $HoH{$family} } ) { print "$role=$HoH{$family}{$role} "; } print "}\n"; } # print the whole thing somewhat sorted foreach $family ( sort keys %HoH ) { print "$family: { "; for $role ( sort keys %{ $HoH{$family} } ) { print "$role=$HoH{$family}{$role} "; } print "}\n"; } # print the whole thing sorted by number of members foreach $family ( sort { keys %{$HoH{$b}} keys %{$HoH{$a}} } keys %HoH ) { print "$family: { "; for $role ( sort keys %{ $HoH{$family} } ) { print "$role=$HoH{$family}{$role} "; } print "}\n"; } # establish a sort order (rank) for each role $i = 0; for ( qw(lead wife son daughter pal pet) ) { $rank{$_} = ++$i } # now print the whole thing sorted by number of members foreach $family ( sort { keys %{ $HoH{$b} } keys %{ $HoH{$a} } } keys %HoH ) { print "$family: { "; # and print these according to rank order for $role ( sort { $rank{$a} $rank{$b} } keys %{ $HoH{$family} } ) { print "$role=$HoH{$family}{$role} "; } print "}\n"; }MOREELABORATE RECORDSDeclaration of MORE ELABORATERECORDSHere's a sample showing how to create and use a record whosefields are of many different sorts: $rec = { TEXT => $string, SEQUENCE => [ @old_values ], LOOKUP => { %some_table }, THATCODE => \&some_function, THISCODE => sub { $_[0] ** $_[1] }, HANDLE => \*STDOUT, }; print $rec->{TEXT}; print $rec->{SEQUENCE}[0]; $last = pop @ { $rec->{SEQUENCE} }; print $rec->{LOOKUP}{"key"}; ($first_k, $first_v) = each %{ $rec->{LOOKUP} }; $answer = $rec->{THATCODE}->($arg); $answer = $rec->{THISCODE}->($arg1, $arg2); # careful of extra block braces on fh ref print { $rec->{HANDLE} } "a string\n"; use FileHandle; $rec->{HANDLE}->autoflush(1); $rec->{HANDLE}->print(" a string\n");Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEXRECORDS %TV = ( flintstones => { series => "flintstones", nights => [ qw(monday thursday friday) ], members => [ { name => "fred", role => "lead", age => 36, }, { name => "wilma", role => "wife", age => 31, }, { name => "pebbles", role => "kid", age => 4, }, ], }, jetsons => { series => "jetsons", nights => [ qw(wednesday saturday) ], members => [ { name => "george", role => "lead", age => 41, }, { name => "jane", role => "wife", age => 39, }, { name => "elroy", role => "kid", age => 9, }, ], }, simpsons => { series => "simpsons", nights => [ qw(monday) ], members => [ { name => "homer", role => "lead", age => 34, }, { name => "marge", role => "wife", age => 37, }, { name => "bart", role => "kid", age => 11, }, ], }, );Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEXRECORDS # reading from file # this is most easily done by having the file itself be # in the raw data format as shown above. perl is happy # to parse complex data structures if declared as data, so # sometimes it's easiest to do that # here's a piece by piece build up $rec = {}; $rec->{series} = "flintstones"; $rec->{nights} = [ find_days() ]; @members = (); # assume this file in field=value syntax while () { %fields = split /[\s=]+/; push @members, { %fields }; } $rec->{members} = [ @members ]; # now remember the whole thing $TV{ $rec->{series} } = $rec; ########################################################### # now, you might want to make interesting extra fields that # include pointers back into the same data structure so if # change one piece, it changes everywhere, like for example # if you wanted a {kids} field that was a reference # to an array of the kids' records without having duplicate # records and thus update problems. ########################################################### foreach $family (keys %TV) { $rec = $TV{$family}; # temp pointer @kids = (); for $person ( @{ $rec->{members} } ) { if ($person->{role} =~ /kid|son|daughter/) { push @kids, $person; } } # REMEMBER: $rec and $TV{$family} point to same data!! $rec->{kids} = [ @kids ]; } # you copied the array, but the array itself contains pointers # to uncopied objects. this means that if you make bart get # older via $TV{simpsons}{kids}[0]{age}++; # then this would also change in print $TV{simpsons}{members}[2]{age}; # because $TV{simpsons}{kids}[0] and $TV{simpsons}{members}[2] # both point to the same underlying anonymous hash table # print the whole thing foreach $family ( keys %TV ) { print "the $family"; print " is on during @{ $TV{$family}{nights} }\n"; print "its members are:\n"; for $who ( @{ $TV{$family}{members} } ) { print " $who->{name} ($who->{role}), age $who->{age}\n"; } print "it turns out that $TV{$family}{lead} has "; print scalar ( @{ $TV{$family}{kids} } ), " kids named "; print join (", ", map { $_->{name} } @{ $TV{$family}{kids} } ); print "\n"; } 与数据库的关联很难将一个多层的数据结构与dbm文件进行关联,如散列的散列。首先,除了GDBM和BerkeleyDB外,都有文件大小的限制。此外,在磁盘上如何表示引用?MLDBM是一个尝试性的模块,部分的解决了这些问题。可以到CPAN网站上去获取MLDBM模块的源码,CPAN和模块的相关信息在perlmodlibmanpage中有介绍。 参考perlref(1), perllol(1), perldata(1), perlobj(1) 作者Tom Christiansen [email protected]>Last update: Wed Oct 23 04:57:50 MET DST 1996 09-26 14:29