in reply to Re^4: Creating a hash out of multiple XML attributes in an elment
in thread Creating a hash out of multiple XML attributes in an elment

$key2value{"a"} and $key2value->{"a"} are two different and absolutely unrelated things. The first attempts to get the value of the key "a" in hash %key2value, the other in the hash referenced by the scalar variable $key2value. Two different variables, no surprise that you do not find anything in one after you wrote to the other.

Jenda
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