I think we'd need to see either the code where you build the hash or the output of the Data::Dumper call in order to know what your data structure _really_ is. It obviously isn't what you think it is (or you'd be getting the right results!) so I think you may be misreading the output from Data::Dumper.

It's just a guess, but I wouldn't be surprised if you have one more or one less level of references than you think you do.

Update: Looking at your code again, it looks like I'm right. You have (for example) $mp3hash{$player} where you should probably have $mp3hash->{$player}.

This is a good example of where use strict is useful as it would have told you that you are trying to access a variable that does exist (the hash %mp4hash).

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In reply to Re: Cannot dereference hash in subroutine.... by davorg
in thread Cannot dereference hash in subroutine.... by bigtiny

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