Brilliant Derby It dose everything I asked for. There is the called string right there in front of me. Frustrating I can see the elements but just can’t get hold of them. I didn’t really need to be rid of the first element so I tried

foreach( @results ) {
    $record = $_;
    print $record;
}
@test = $record;
print @test[0];
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Then it prints the entire string again. Then

foreach( @results ) {
    $record = $_;
    print $record;
}
@test = $record
print @test[1];
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Then it prints nothing in the second print. Then

foreach( @results ) {
    $record = $_;
    print $record;
}
@test = $record
$scalar = $array[0];
print $scaler;
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but nothing. I just need to get hold of the elements individually so I can do something with the little critters. May god bless you guys.