I want to alter the %find in my constructor from a accessor method. 
package Excel::Tabbed;
use strict;

use Exporter();
our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
our @EXPORT = qw(connect);
our $VERSION = 1.00; 

# ie new constructor 
sub connect{
    my $class = $_[0];
    
    if (-e "$_[1]"){ 
    
        my %find;
        my $object = {
            connect => $_[1],
            prepare => '',
            select => '',
            where => \%find,
            column => '',
            records => '',
        };
                   
        bless $object, $class;
        return $object; 
    }
    else{
        die "file: $_[1] doesn't reside at path\n";
    }            
}

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how do I add elements to the find hash? I thought: 
....
my ($self,$args) = @_;
my $find = $self->{where};            
${find}->{name} = 'test';

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am I going about this the wrong way? thanks

In reply to blessed object containing reference to hash by arcnon

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