After converting your JSON to perl...
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict; # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11137065
use warnings;
my $DATA = {
required => [
{ docs => [{ number => 1, sec => "123A" }], name => "Mary Lou" },
{ docs => [{ number => 1, sec => 4567 }], name => "John De" },
{ docs => [{ number => 1, sec => 8763 }], name => "Smith Doe" },
{ docs => [{ number => 1, sec => "123B" }], name => "Joe De" },
],
};
for my $dta ( @{ $DATA->{required} } )
{
my $sec = $dta->{docs}[0]{sec};
my $number = $dta->{docs}[0]{number};
my $name = $dta->{name};
print <<END;
"sec": "$sec",
"number": "$number"
"name": "$name"
END
}
Outputs
"sec": "123A",
"number": "1"
"name": "Mary Lou"
"sec": "4567",
"number": "1"
"name": "John De"
"sec": "8763",
"number": "1"
"name": "Smith Doe"
"sec": "123B",
"number": "1"
"name": "Joe De"