in reply to split string into hash of hashes...

It cannot be done.

The same hash key cannot contain

both a numeric value:    ...{'SerialNumberUserAttribute'} = 12345;

and a subtree of hashes: ...{'SerialNumberUserAttribute'}{'LanMan'}{'Value'}="";


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