You'd need to take a reference (a hashref) to the %struct hash. E.g. 

my %struct = (data => 1, pointers => []);
my $struct_ref = \%struct;

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Or, in a single step: 

my $struct_ref = {data => 1, pointers => []};

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Note the reference is a SCALAR value (uses $ sigil). There's nothing special about using these in an array: 

my @array_of_structs = (\%struct1, $struct2_ref, {data => 1, pointers 
+=> []});
push @array_of_structs, \%new_struct;

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Access the hash data like this: 

my $first_data = $array_of_structs[0]{data};
push @{ $array_of_structs[2]{pointers} }, 'abc', 'def';
my $third_struct_second_pointer = $array_of_structs[2]{pointers}[1];

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-- Ken

In reply to Re^3: How do I create a C-like struct with dynamic fields in Perl? by kcott
in thread How do I create a C-like struct with dynamic fields in Perl? by man-et-arms

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