print Dumper %amazonResults

You'll get prettier output if you make a reference from your hash: \%amazonResults. Also look at Data::Dump. It gives you a better (IMO, of course) looking output and a better interface (pp \%amazonResults instead of print Dumper ...).

&processAmazonQuery(...)

Please get out of the habit of prefixing subroutine calls with "&". It'll just lead to mysterious bugs sooner or later.

my (%hash, $conf) = @_

You can't pass a hash into a subroutine like that. %hash will take everything from @_ leaving nothing for $conf. Either use a hashref in your call: processAmazonQuery(\%amazonResults, $conf) and my ($hashref, $conf) = @_; my %hash = %$hashref in your sub (or rewirite the sub to use the reference instead).

Or, you could use my $conf = pop @_; my %hash = @_

I'd recommend rewriting the sub so it uses a hashref instead of a hash.

Unless I state otherwise, all my code runs with strict and warnings

In reply to Re: Passing hash and hashref to sub by FunkyMonk
in thread Passing hash and hashref to sub by ewhitt

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