How to make an object into an array reference?

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I have this function

array_diff(\@DNs, \@prev_DNs);

which must take array references as arguments.

The problem is that I get prev_DNs as an object from

my $prev_DNs = YAML::Syck::LoadFile('temp-previous_DNs.yaml');
print Dumper $prev_DNs;

which outputs

$VAR1 = [
          'abcdef'
        ];

I have tried with

array_diff(\@DNs, \$prev_DNs);

but that didn't work.

Any suggests on how to pass $prev_DNs an an array reference?

friedo · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-28 15:25:19Z

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It already is an array reference, actually. So you were actually passsing a reference to the reference by prefixing it with another \. You simply need to pass it as $prev_DNs and it should work.

edited Mar 28, 2011 at 15:25

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answered Mar 28, 2011 at 13:53

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Dave Sherohman · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-28 13:54:31Z

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According to your Data::Dumper output, $prev_DNs is an array reference, so just use

array_diff(\@DNs, $prev_DNs);

Using

array_diff(\@DNs, \$prev_DNs);

passes a reference to the reference.

answered Mar 28, 2011 at 13:54

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