Re: hash defining

Ben Marsh wrote:
%hash = ( "key" => {"key1" => value} );

To define a hash use () brackets the second hash is inserting not a hash but a
reference to a hash so you use {} brackets.

You refer to 'value' it as $hash{key}->{key1}. $hash{key} is a scalar
contains a reference pointing to a hash (so $hash{key}->{ }) and the
key is key1 (so $hash{key}->{key1}).

Regards,

Ben Marsh

You can also use $hash{key}{key1} = value; What notation you use is up to you.

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