The purpose of the following code is to put (a|multiple) hash(es) into an array, and then retrieve one particular hash value from the array. This simplifies things with HTML::Template's TMPL_LOOP mechanism, especially when retrieving data from MySQL.

The following code produces this: 

Global symbol "@returnArray" requires explicit package name at ./test.
+pl line 16.
Execution of ./test.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

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So, I'm obviously missing the boat somewhere. I've checked out several threads on the subject and reviewed what I believe are the applicable perldocs, but I'm just not getting it. (Would anyone tell me if I was getting stupider?) I think I've stared at and studied it for so long, I've gone blind to the simplicity of the situation.

Thanks for any insight or thoughts you guys might have. I really think I'm overlooking something fairly simple, but its eluding me. 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;

my %hash = {
   'node_id'      => '1',
   'node_title'   => 'whiskey',
   'node_author'  => 'otis',
   'node_content' => 'the path to wisdom is littered with empty bottle
+s',
};

my $returnArray;

push @{$returnArray}, \%hash;

print Dumper(${$returnArray}[0]{node_content});

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If things get any worse, I'll have to ask you to stop helping me.

In reply to Modifying an Element in an Array of Hashes by shockme

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