Data::Dumper does it like that because your code does it like that:

school=>[
          0=>{school_type=>"school", school_name=>undef, graduation_da
+te=>undef}, 
          1=>{school_type=>"school1", school_name=>undef, graduation_d
+ate=>undef},
                 ],

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The other poster is suggesting you do it this way:

school=>[
         {school_type=>"school", school_name=>undef, graduation_date=>
+undef}, 
         {school_type=>"school1", school_name=>undef, graduation_date=
+>undef},
                 ],

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However, if that's not the problem, perhaps you should tell us which line exactly is line 136. I could not tell this easily from your original post. perl's error messages tell you the line number for a reason.

Sanity? Oh, yeah, I've got all kinds of sanity. In fact, I've developed whole new kinds of sanity. You can just call me "Mister Sanity". Why, I've got so much sanity it's driving me crazy.

In reply to Re: Mistake in data structure use? by jonadab
in thread Mistake in data structure use? by McLogic

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