Perl Data::Dumper output processing

Question

I am using the DATA::Dumper api to parse an html table..

Here is the perl code:

print Dumper $row;

Here is the output:

$VAR1 = [
          'Info1',
          'Info2',
          'Info3',
        ];

Question: 1. I want to modify Info1, Info2, etc before writing into a SQL table. How do i access that from above output?

Something like $row->{var1}->? I've tried a couple of options and nothing worked.

Please read [perldoc perlreftut](http://perldoc.perlreftut.html), [perldoc perlref](http://perldoc.perlref.html) and [perldoc perldsc](http://perldoc.perlrdsc.html) - Data::Dumper is not "parsing" anything, it is just showing you the contents of your structure. — Ether, Feb 13 '11 at 17:20

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 16 '11 at 21:25

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Ways to update an arrayref

Element by array reference:

$row->[0] = 'foo';
$row->[1] = 'bar';
$row->[2] = 'baz';

List assignment:

($row->[0], $row->[1], $row->[2]) = ('foo','bar','baz');

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