Hello All,

I'm having a time using a hash reference and wanting
to use the reference to create a new list of hashes to do my dirty work - in essence making a copy of the references for the new list of hashes to use. 

  while (my $ref = $sth->fetchrow_hashref()) {

    if ($ref->{multiple}) { 
      foreach my $i (1 .. $number_of_members) {
       my $new_name = "member" . $i . "_" . $ref->{name};
       $ref->{name} = $new_name;
       $ref->{label} = "Member # $i" . " " . $ref->{label};
       push @names, $ref;
      }
    } else {
      push @apps, $ref;
    }
  }

push @names, @apps;

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What I want to do is -depending on the # of members- create a list of hashes (in example @names) that does not reference the original $ref's references but makes a copy for its own use. I'm a little confused on how to copy the contents of the reference instead of directly dealing with the reference itself. In the above example the number of members can vary so I want to give each one its own hash in a new list. But what happens is that instead of getting what I want: 
member1_first_name ($ref->{name})
Member #1 First Name ($ref->{label})
member2_last_name
Member #2 Last Name
...up to # of members

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I get: 
member2_member1_first_name
Member #2 Member #1 First Name
member2_member1_first_name
Member #2 Member #1 First Name
member2_member1_last_name
Member #2 Member #1 Last Name
member2_member1_last_name
Member #2 Member #1 Last Name

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Any suggestions?

update (broquaint): added <code> tags

In reply to Making a new list of hashes from a hashref by dogen

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