I have a hash of following pattern
my %hash_table(
23 => someintegertype,
type => somestringtype,
12_someidentifier => someveryproblematictype
);
How do I check if pattern that 12_someidentifier
key follows exists in the hash or not? If so, I need to know the value in the form of true
or false
.
::UPDATE::
I wanted to check if the regex or pattern such as {[\d]_[\w+]}
exists or not?
exists
tells you if a key exists. $hash{$key}
gives you the value, so you can test it.
If you're looking to test multiple values against a regex (such as they keys of a hash) then the tool for the job is grep
;
my @matches = grep { /\d+_\w+/ } keys %hash_table;
print @matches;
Whilst we're at it - turn on use strict;
and use warnings;
. It'll help in the long run.