Yeah, thanks -- that was a typo -- i updated it. I guess it doesn't have to be a hasref .. mostly out of habit.
I know that my $value = $params->{value}; does the same thing, but the point was to illustrate to OP that you can use exists $params->{value} to see if the parameter was provided or not. Consider a required param: 
sub foo {
  my $obj = shift;
  my $p = { @_ };
  my $value = exists $p->{value} ? $p->{value} : die "must give 'value
+', even if undef or ''";
  if( exists $p->{optional_but_possibly_blank_key} ){
    ...
  }

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Basically, depending on your data/requirements, if( $p->{value}) and if(exists $p->{value}) are not the same.

In reply to Re^3: Hashes and keys... by davidrw
in thread Hashes and keys... by mkenney

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