I'm still not getting exactly what I wanted here are some lines of code that I am using. I've posted the lines related the hash that I'm having trouble with). The code is not as efficient as you'll probably think but I'm working on it. On the main application: 
%returnVals = ();    %X_Axis = ();   %Y_Axis = ();

$ExcelLink = &swOpenExcel("FILE", $lAppName, $wbFullDirectory, $wbChar
+tDirectory, $wbExcelName, $wbExcelData, $dataCol, $strtRow, $labelCol
+, $endRow, $typeGraph, $ChartName, $lChartTitle, 'JPG', $lLegendKey, 
+$lData_Labels, $fields{$q->param(X_Col)}, $fields{$q->param(Y_Col)}, 
+\%returnVals, \%X_Axis, \%Y_Axis);

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In the module: 
($typeData, $AppName, $wbFullDirectory, $wbChartDirectory, $wbExcelNam
+e, $wbExcelData, $dataCol, $strtRow, $labelCol, $endRow, $typeGraph, 
+$ChartName, $ChartTitle, $filter, $LegendKey, $LegendType, $rVals, $X
+, $Y) = @_;
    
my %X_Axis = %$X;
my %Y_Axis = %$Y;
my %returnValues = %$rVals;

$returnValues{"ExcelLink"} = "/Web$AppName/Charts/" . $wbExcelName . "
+_" . $extension . "\.xls";

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In reply to Re^2: Scope of a Hash by Anonymous Monk
in thread Scope of a Hash by Anonymous Monk

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