are there structures in Perl??

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• kissmyasm

  January 2002

  yes yes, you can use structures in perl. although i dont think you would need to use them for sorting items since perl allows you to write sort subroutines, which dictates how items are to be sorted. anyway, here is an example of how to make and use structures using the standard Class::Struct module.
  
  [code]
  use Class::Struct;
  
  #create structure definition
  #num is a scalar as is den
  struct Fraction => { num => '$', den => '$'};
  
  my $f = Fraction->new();
  
  $f->num(1); #put 1 in the numerator
  $f->den(2); #put 2 in the denominator
  #this creates a fraction which is equivilant to one half
  
  #retrieve and print values from the structure
  printf "The value of the fraction is: %d/%d", $f->num, $f->den;
  
  [/code]
  
  this may or may not help much. what i think you really want is a sort subroutine, which may prove to be much easier and much faster. either way will work, but what i think you are trying to do is write c code in perl, which isnt the best idea. now ill stop being a dick and wish you the best in your perl coding. hope i have been of some assistance. come back soon.
  
  -curtis