Why "Not an ARRAY reference" error?
- by Sandra Schlichting
I have this script
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use yy;
my $data = [
["aax", "ert", "ddd"],
["asx", "eer", "kkk"],
["xkk", "fff", "lll"],
["xxj", "vtt", "lle"],
];
use Test::More tests => 4;
is(yy::type1_to_type2(\$data, 'aax'), 'ert');
is(yy::type1_to_type3(\$data, 'asx'), 'kkk');
is(yy::type2_to_type3(\$data, 'fff'), 'lll');
is(yy::type3_to_type1(\$data, 'lle'), 'xxj');
which uses this module
package yy;
sub typeX_to_typeY {
my ($x, $y, $data, $str) = @_;
foreach (@$data) {
if ($_->[$x - 1] eq $str) {
return $_->[$y - 1];
}
}
return;
}
sub type1_to_type2 { typeX_to_typeY(1, 2, @_) }
sub type1_to_type3 { typeX_to_typeY(1, 3, @_) }
sub type2_to_type1 { typeX_to_typeY(2, 1, @_) }
sub type2_to_type3 { typeX_to_typeY(2, 3, @_) }
sub type3_to_type1 { typeX_to_typeY(3, 1, @_) }
sub type3_to_type2 { typeX_to_typeY(3, 2, @_) }
1;
and gives this error
Not an ARRAY reference at yy.pm line 6.
# Looks like your test died before it could output anything.
The line it complains about is
foreach (@$data) {
Isn't this the way to pass an array reference?
What am I doing wrong?
