Hope I have my terms correct - I am looking for syntax to manipulate a slice of a hash_ref of a hash_ref.
What I want to do is replace the values "a" and "b" with "c" and "d" for KEY11 and KEY12, respectively. The code below is as close as I have come. The print Dumper results follow the code.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

$href->{KEY1}={KEY11=>"a",KEY12=>"b"};
print 'Initial condition for $href->{KEY1}={KEY11=>"a",KEY12=>"b"}'."\
+n";
print Dumper $href;

${$href->{KEY1}}{KEY11}="c";
print 'Change one key in the hash:${$href->{KEY1}}{KEY11}="c"'."\n";
print Dumper $href;

@{$href->{KEY1}}{[qw/KEY11 KEY12/]}=("c" ,"d");
print 'Change all keys in the slice:@{$href->{KEY1}}{[qw/KEY11 KEY12/]
+}=("c" ,"d")?'."\n";
print Dumper $href;

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Results -
Initial condition for $href->{KEY1}={KEY11=>"a",KEY12=>"b"}
$VAR1 = {
          'KEY1' => {
                      'KEY12' => 'b',
                      'KEY11' => 'a'
                    }
        };
Change one key in the hash:${$href->{KEY1}}{KEY11}="c"
$VAR1 = {
          'KEY1' => {
                      'KEY12' => 'b',
                      'KEY11' => 'c'
                    }
        };
Change all keys in the slice:@{$href->{KEY1}}{[qw/KEY11 KEY12/]}=("c" 
+,"d")?
$VAR1 = {
          'KEY1' => {
                      'KEY12' => 'b',
                      'ARRAY(0x50db350)' => 'c',
                      'KEY11' => 'c'
                    }
        };

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I end up with an anonymous array instead of the slice substitution I was looking for. Any help pointing out the correct syntax would be greatly appreciated.

In reply to HowTo Href_O_Href slice by sgrey

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