Re^2: hash of hash of hash of hash of hash...

That was it, thanks for the moment of clarity! I got tripped up because when explicitly stated the variables I had to single quote them.

Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it!
-Eric

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Re^3: hash of hash of hash of hash of hash... by kennethk (Abbot) on Feb 25, 2010 at 23:03 UTC
No, you don't. When a key does not contain any white space or does not start with a sigil, Perl will automatically stringify it. Thus `print "$topHash{2010}{Feb}{11}{00}{03}\n";` is syntactically equivalent to `print "$topHash{'2010'}{'Feb'}{'11'}{'00'}{'03'}\n";`. See Scalar value constructors in perldata, for example.	[reply] [d/l] [select]