$tmp_string="SARSTATS$SAROPT";
$rec=$$tmp_string[$SAR_DATA_START]{ $tmp_array[0] };
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Why are you using a scalar variable like a reference?

Are you useing strict and warnings?

Ciao!
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The very nature of Perl to be like natural language--inconsistant and full of dwim and special cases--makes it impossible to know it all without simply memorizing the documentation (which is not complete or totally correct anyway).
--John M. Dlugosz