On 04/07/2013 07:29, David Nicol wrote: > $HoHoA->{abc}{def}${}[2] # new-style ${$HoHoA->{abc}{def}}[2] Which I assume is basically the same as $HoHoA->{abc}{def}[2]. perl -MData::Dumper -e' ${$HoHoA->{abc}{def}}[2]; print Dumper( $HoHoA ); ${$HoHoA->{abc}{def}}[2] = "test"; print Dumper( $HoHoA ); $v = ${$HoHoA->{abc}{def}}[2]; print Dumper( $v ); $v = $HoHoA->{abc}{def}[2]; print Dumper( $v ); ' $VAR1 = { 'abc' => { 'def' => [] } }; $VAR1 = { 'abc' => { 'def' => [ undef, undef, 'test' ] } }; $VAR1 = 'test'; $VAR1 = 'test'; -- RuudThread Previous | Thread Next