in reply to Slice of a multi-level hash

A grouping problem, w/o curlies Perl must try to slice %auto at top level.

@{ $auto{'ford'}{'F150'} }{'tires','lights'} = ('ALL SEASON','HALOGEN');

But TIMTOWTDI, see

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    HTH :)

    Cheers Rolf

    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)

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