Re: Read the Dumper data back to a hash.

Don't dump the hash as

print Dumper %hash;
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But rather use

print Dumper \%hash;
#            ^
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Then you can simply use eval to obtain a hash reference, so for example

my %copied_hash = %{ eval $string };
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Re^2: Read the Dumper data back to a hash. by rachitmohta11 (Novice) on Jun 21, 2010 at 07:07 UTC
What is $string in eval $string? Is it the file handle?	[reply]
Re^3: Read the Dumper data back to a hash. by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 21, 2010 at 07:10 UTC
The string returned by `Dumper`.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Read the Dumper data back to a hash. by rachitmohta11 (Novice) on Jun 21, 2010 at 09:01 UTC
Sorry, but i could not understand. Please tell me how does Dumper return the string..	[reply]
Re^5: Read the Dumper data back to a hash. by Anonymous Monk on Jun 21, 2010 at 13:15 UTC
Re^5: Read the Dumper data back to a hash. by Herkum (Parson) on Jun 21, 2010 at 13:14 UTC