Hi Miyako,

I also noticed that it worked as $apiJson[0]->[0]->{'id'}; Not entirely sure what makes that different

Compare these two:

my @apiJson = decode_json( $apiContent );
my $msgID   = $apiJson[0]->[0]{id};
         #  or  #
my $apiJson = decode_json( $apiContent );
my $msgID   = $apiJson->[0]{id};

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In the first, you're taking the return value of decode_json, which I believe is just a single value, an arrayref or hashref, storing it in an array @apiJson which now just has a single element, and accessing that element with $apiJson[0]. In the second version, you're taking that single return value and storing it in the scalar $apiJson directly. (As far as I can tell decode_json behaves the same in list and array context.)

Hope this helps,
-- Hauke D

In reply to Re^2: Perplexing JSON decoding issue. by haukex
in thread Perplexing JSON decoding issue. by Miyako

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