Question

I have a array of hash refs. The date field in a hash is stored in epoch. I have to format it to human readable before returning the array. Following is my code:

for my $post (@sorted) {
        $post->{date} = format_time($post->{date});
        push @formatted, $post;
}

I have tried

my @formatted =  map {$_{date} = format_time($_{date})} @sorted;

All fields except {date} are dropped.

Is there any smarter method?

Thanks

Answer 1

$_->{date} = format_time($_->{date}) for @sorted.

Then the dates in @sorted will have been converted.