I am trying to pass 2 file handles AND 2 hashes by reference and I think I did it correctly but I dont know how to get the values once I am in the sub "catch_error". Can someone offer guidance? 
my $location_hash = get_location(\*ZIPS);
my $cat_hash = get_categories (\*SICS);

for my $city ( keys %$location_hash ) {
   printf "%s %s %s\n", $city, $location_hash->{ $city }->{ 'ST' }, $l
+ocation_hash->{ $city }->{ 'ZIP' } ;

     for my $cat ( keys %$cat_hash) {
         printf "%s %s\n", $cat, $cat_hash->{ $cat }->{ 'NUM' } ;
         .
         .
         .

         catch_error(\*LOGS, \$page, \$location_hash, \$cat_hash ); # 
+how can I pass by ref ?

         # I cant seem to delete the keys that were used.  So  so I wi
+ll set a value
         # delete ($location_hash->{ $city }->{ 'ST' }) ;   ####  Addi
+ng another post about this because I cant remove the key
           $location_hash->{ $city }->{ 'PR' } = 1;
           $cat_hash->{ $cat }->{ 'PR' } = 1;

      } # for my $cat ( keys %$cat_hash)
   } # for my $city ( keys %$location_hash ) {




sub catch_error{
   my ($fh, $str, % ) = @_;   #  confused right here!


   ### Then I will print to the log and I will print the keys
   ### and values from the hashes that I did not process.
   ### I am having a problem deleting the key so I added a key and set
+ it to 1
   ### I will create another posting for that question titled "How can
+ I delete a key from a hash".

}

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