Hi, thanks for the reply. Sorry I didn't provide examples of the code but the powers that be won't let me you see (they try to shut me down on MTV.. heh, sorry). Your example helped a lot though, and I have most of it done. Just two more questions with regards to the data structures, could you let me know how close these are:

name = thingy['albums'][0]['title']
$name = $thingy{albums}[0]{title}
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Should both return 'Foxtrot' (without the quotes), correct?

And as for populating the structures, could I do something such as the following:

thingy['artistName'][0]['year'] = 1987
or
thingy{'artistName}[0]{'year'} = 1987
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And if I did it this way, how would I go about populating multiple entries in the album field, would I have to use a counter, or is there some other way? Thanks again.

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