# Convert a . to }->{ in order for meta.created to look like meta}->{created $element =~ s/\./}->{/g; # This works for all elements except of meta}->{created $deref = $item->{$element}; print "Convert: \$item->{" . $element . "}\t\t\t" . $deref . "\n"; }

I think you are trying to achieve something with a sort of "meta-coding" which is quite dangerous: when you write $item->{$element} you're try to access the hash $item value with a key like "...}->{..." which is why you then get that error, because there isn't such a key!

If you really want to do such a sort of meta-coding, then you need to write for instance  "$item->{".$element."}" and then you can try to eval() that thing. Why instead not trying one of the modules recommended by haukex ?

In reply to Re: Dynamic Dereferencing by markong
in thread Dynamic Dereferencing by Flip76

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