$ perldoc Data::Dumper |grep eval
    printing and "eval"
          eval Data::Dumper->Dump([$foo, $bar], [qw(foo *ary)]);
        eval $d->Dump;
    The return value can be "eval"ed to get back an identical copy of 
+the
    The default output of self-referential structures can be "eval"ed,
+ but
    fill in these references. Moreover, if "eval"ed when strictures ar
+e in
        Controls the degree to which the output can be "eval"ed to rec
+reate
        output may not always be parseable by "eval".
        $bar = eval(Dumper($boo));
        $Data::Dumper::Purity = 1;         # fill in the holes for eva
+l
        $d = eval $c;
    if "Purity" is set. You can "eval" the result, but bear in mind th
+at the

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$Data::Dumper::Purity = 1; makes it write 
$VAR1 = {
          'test1' => [
                       {
                         'temp' => '123'
                       }
                     ],
          'test2' => [
                       {}
                     ]
        };
$VAR1->{'test2'}[0] = $VAR1->{'test1'}[0];

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You could use YAML

In reply to Re^3: Data Dumper Question by Anonymous Monk
in thread Data Dumper Question by clintonm9

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