I have a little module that creates a hash of hashes for me. I want to pull one of the values out. When I use the code below, I get a neverending foreach loop.

If I hard-code $_ into a number, and move the print statement outside of the foreach loop, I get a real value.

When I print $_, I do get the hash keys. I don't understand what is going on.

Can anyone off some suggestions? 
foreach (@files) {
    $file = "$klarfdir"."\\"."$_";  
    $file = Klarf::Parser->new($file);
    
    foreach (keys %{$file-> defectdata}){   #this never ends, but if I
+ print $_ only, it works fine.
        print ($file -> defectdata -> {$_} -> {XINDEX}); 
    }
}

[download]
~~David~~

In reply to Neverending Foreach Loop by ~~David~~

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.