use Perl

• Althought that glosses over what happens... (Score:2)

  by merlyn (47)

  When @keys and @values are unequal lengths.

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• Yep (Score:2)

  by jdavidb (1361)

  But I'm more likely to use the reverse:

  my @values = @hash{@keys};

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• You can fabricate values from the keys (Score:1)

  by Ron Savage (5224)

  @hash{@keys} = (1) x @keys;
  
  This is a neat way to turn an array into hash keys.
  
  • Re: (Score:1)

    by Aristotle (5147)

    undef @hash{@keys};