hmm works for me:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;

$_ = { foo=>1, bar=>2, baz=>3};
print Dumper $_;
print "Wahey!\n" if exists($_->{foo})
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is the variable being declared inside the loop, or outside in which case it may be retaining values.

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