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in thread Deconstructed array won't return scalar value if integer?

I wonder if the leading 0 in 016 is causing problems. Perhaps when referencing, you could try to force this number to be a string as follows: 
$gooddata=$record->{datafield}->{'016'}->{subfield}->{a}->{content};

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Just a thought.

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Re^4: Deconstructed array won't return scalar value if integer?
by rkmase (Novice) on Nov 29, 2007 at 18:40 UTC
    That was exactly it. Thanks again!
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      Just to make sure you know why. A number that starts with a zero is treated as octal: 
      print 016, "\n";
print "016", "\n";
print 0+"016", "\n";

#Output:

#14
#016
#16

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