in reply to Access Hash References

Wow, you used Data::Dumper to really see the data! You're already smarter than I am on most days.

You've got a reference to a hash-of-hashes (HoH).   Each value in the first hash is a reference to another hash.

# $Var2 is a reference to the first-level hash $rh2 = $Var2->{'ClaimBaseInfoDT'}; # $rh2 is now a reference to one of the second-level hashes # contained within the first $claimday = $rh2->{'ClaimDay'}; # which you can use to access the inner-most values # You can do it all in one step, too $claimday = $Var2->{'ClaimBaseInfoDT'}->{'ClaimDay'};