Getting data into an array from config-file?

Hi,

i do have a config-file with various single variables like:

$config{'name'} = "name";
$config{'city'} = "city";

and all works fine.

Now i need to enter more than one value into such a var like:

$config{'domains'} = "'yahoo.com','hotmail.com'";

If i use this hardcoded like:

my @domains = ('yahoo.com','hotmail.com');

everything works but if i use

my @domains = ($config{'domains'});

it fails ...

Where's my fault?

Need to make a few changes. In your config file change this:
$config{'domains'} = "'yahoo.com','hotmail.com'";
to this:
$config{'domains'} = ['yahoo.com','hotmail.com'];

then you can call you domains by
for my $domain (@{$config{'domains'}}) {
# do something here with each $domain
}
or
my @domain = @{$config{'domains'}};

but not necessary, arrays tend to use alot of resources if the array is large.. stores everything in direct memory.

this is know as referencing, works well for hash/array referencing.

Hope this helps

Mickalo