Sorry for the post, my mistake was related to something else and I mistakenly took it for perl behavior I wasn't familiar with (don't you hate it when that happens?).

This should be a simple question, but I'm having a hard time finding the answer.

If I have a pointer, say $a->{apple}, and I want to set a variable with the value of what it's pointing to, what is the best way to do this?

Currently, I've been doing this.

my $b = "" . $a->{apple};

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But that seems like a weird solution to me, especially if I want to get a numeric value. Is there a better way? Thanks in advance.

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Washizu
Odd Man In: Guns and Game Theory

In reply to Getting the value of a pointer by Washizu

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