I have a small conundrum (sic?). I have a hash where one of the keys, let's call it 'parents', holds an array of numbers. I want to step through that array, and use the number as a key in another hash, in sequence. I know, I am not making much sense.

Here - 
@array = @{$starting_hash->{'parents'}};

# In the end I want
$new_hash->{$array[0]}{$array[1]}{$array[2]} and so on . .

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The difficulty comes from the fact that I have a few thousand of these arrays, and they come in varying sizes.
The important part is that I need $new_hash to have {key}{key}{key}{key} and so on as deep as the array is long.

I'm just having a mental block on what could do this for me, and thought I would ask for help here.

--J

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In reply to Positional keys by tame1

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