What are good alternatives to multidimensional data structures, and how do they compare?

Keywords: alternatives to multidimensional data structures, Perl data structures, data management
Description: Explore viable alternatives to multidimensional data structures in Perl, including hash of hashes and object-oriented approaches for efficient data handling.
<?php // Example of a hash of hashes in Perl my %data = ( 'student1' => { 'name' => 'Alice', 'age' => 20 }, 'student2' => { 'name' => 'Bob', 'age' => 22 }, 'student3' => { 'name' => 'Charlie', 'age' => 19 } ); // Accessing the data foreach my $key (keys %data) { print "Name: " . $data{$key}{'name'} . ", Age: " . $data{$key}{'age'} . "<br>"; } ?>

Keywords: alternatives to multidimensional data structures Perl data structures data management