in reply to Add Data to Hash Reference

$test->{record} is a string - you make it one, explicitly. Which is why you can't use it as a hash ref.

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Re^2: Add Data to Hash Reference
by Anonymous Monk on Dec 07, 2010 at 20:25 UTC
    So, if I want to construct the data structure in my example, how should I write it?
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      How about 

      my $test = {
            'record' => {
                                  'a' => 11,
                                  'b' => 22
                        }
          };

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      Or just: 

      my $test;
$test->{record}->{'a'} = 11;
$test->{record}->{'b'} = 22;

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      If you want to initialize $test->{record} with something (and don't rely on autovivification), initialize it with {}.

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