in reply to Re^2: Simple? problem accesssing elements in a hash
in thread Simple? problem accesssing elements in a hash

and the general answer for this is:
debug.
print out variables, if you're not sure what's in it.
and even if you're sure.
use Data::Dumper; $Data::Dumper::Useqq = 1; # print non-printable chars warn Dumper $blackbox;

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Re^4: Simple? problem accesssing elements in a hash
by 0AP0 (Initiate) on Aug 29, 2008 at 16:48 UTC
    I agree. Strings appearing with quotes around them are sneaky ones, though. In this case the answer was more obvious looking at the input files than the output statements.