Dear learned monks,

I have created a hoh as below: 

my %hoh = (
    a => {
        a1 => {
            a11 => 1,
            a12 => 1,
        },
        b1 => {
            b11 => 1,
            b12 => 1, 
        },
        c1 => 1,  
    },
    b => {
        --- some elements like above---
    },
);

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Now i have a get accessor for this, which returns 

return $hoh{'a'};

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What i understand is that it should return the whole hash which is value for key a. But i am getting only the first element 'a1' i.e. 

a1 => {
    a11 => 1,
    a12 => 1,
}

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Any ideas why this is happening?

Thanks,
Gaurav
"Wisdom begins in wonder" - Socrates, philosopher

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