Dear friends, one of the things i can't wrap my mind around with perl is this: I have parsed a JSON document like the example below 

{
    "data": {
        "dividends": {
            "rows": [{
                    "exOrEffDate": "10/08/2020",
                    "type": "CASH",
                    "amount": "$0.52",
                    "declarationDate": "09/25/2020",
                    "recordDate": "10/12/2020",
                    "paymentDate": "11/02/2020"
                }, {
                    ...
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}

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So basically a JSON document with an array nestded somewhere. Now if i write: 
my $Rows = $Data->{data}->{dividends}->{rows};
my @Rows = @$Rows;

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@Rows contains an array of hash-references, but if i try to dereference it in one line: my @Rows = @$Data->{data}->{dividends}->{rows}; the perl interpreter errors out with »Not an ARRAY reference«. Yes, true, $Data is a reference to a hash, but $Data->{data}->{dividends}->{rows} is a reference to an array! Please send me some wisdom! Best regards from West Virginia, Frank/2

In reply to Nested reference to an array by Perlian

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