#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Data::Dumper; use JSON; # sample json data my $json_text = <## $VAR1 = { 'alertStates' => [ 'OK' ], 'bool_two' => bless( do{\(my $o = 0)}, 'JSON::PP::Boolean' ), 'bool_three' => $VAR1->{'bool_two'}, 'bool_one' => $VAR1->{'bool_two'}, 'id' => 559 }; HASH(0x100873888) alertStates = ARRAY(0x1008739c0) bool_two = false bool_three = false bool_one = false id = 559