I'm really confused. I have a class that contains a hash of arrays in the my new function: 

sub new {
...
...

$self->{TABLE}{6} = ("4", foo", "was", "here");
$self->{TABLE}{3} = ("3", foo", "was", "here");
...
...
bless ( $self, $class);
return $self;

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When I try to access the arrays in the hash using something like: 

my @foo = @{ $self->{TABLE}{6} };
print "$foo[0]\n";

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I get the error: 

Can't use string ("here") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use 
 at ./test.pl line x.

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and the string in mention is always the last element in the array.

What I don't understand is why I get a scalar value when I think I should be getting an array. Am I incorrectly adding the arrays to the hash or am I doing something else wrong?

Thanks

In reply to Trouble with Hashes of Arrays by HiFoo

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