Value of my $cgi: CGI=HASH(0x80cb854) Successive dereferences of a reference to a hash of references to arrays: $hrf: HASH(0x8173438) $hrf->{'a'}: ARRAY(0x80cb824) $hrf->{'a'}->[1]: start Try forcing our $hrf to be to an array: @{$hrf}[2]: Not an ARRAY reference at ./refs line 22. Pole to polar phrases: alpha to beta to omega start to middle to finish soup to fish to nuts Our slice of the menu is: alphasoup omeganuts