I am converting a hash of arrays to an array of arrays.

I can access the array in the hash as an array. but not its individual elements.

I'm sure that's because I don't understand the syntax.

This code compiles without syntax errors. 

$tnum=0;
foreach $thread (keys %threads) {
print "\n thread for $thread, tnum=$tnum:"; #dbg
print "\n\tthe array from hash=@{$threads{$thread}}"; #dbg
# THE ABOVE LINE CORRECTLY PRINTS THE ELEMENTS OF THE ARRAY OF THE HAS
+H
    $tsub[$tnum] = $thread;    
    $tsize[$tnum] = @{$threads{$thread}};         
print "\n\ttsize[tnum]= @tsize[$tnum]"; #dbg
    for ($i=0; $i<$tsize[$tnum] ; $i++) 
    { $tlist[$tnum][$i] = ${$threads{$thread[$i]}};
# HERE I'M TRYING TO PRINT THE ELEMENTS ONE AT A TIME
print "\n\t{threads{thread[$i]}}=${$threads{$thread[$i]}}"; 
# BUT THE ABOVE LINE PRINTS ONLY A NULL 
}

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Can anyone show me my mistake? Thanks.

In reply to syntax of multidimensional arrays and hashes by hsfrey

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