copying a multidimensional array

[Ravi Malghan]

Hi: whatz the best way to copy an multidimensional
array onto another. I have never used something like
clone, just want to know whatz the easiest route.

Thanks
Ravi

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[Steve Grazzini]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 10:06:19AM -0800, Ravi Malghan wrote:

> Hi: whatz the best way to copy an multidimensional
> array onto another. I have never used something like
> clone, just want to know whatz the easiest route.

Storable::dclone() is probably the easiest:

use Storable qw(dclone);

my @x = ([0,1,2], [3,4,5]); # "multidimensional" array
my @y = @x; # shallow copy
my @z = @{ dclone(\@x) }; # deep copy

require Data::Dumper;
print Data::Dumper->Dump( [\(@x, @y, @z)], [qw(*x *y *z)] );

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Steve