in reply to scalar subkeys %hash ?

You need to dereference the hash:

%hash = (
  key1 => {
    subkey1 => 'value1',
    subkey2 => 'value2',
    subkey3 => 'Ovid'
  } );
  
print scalar keys %{$hash{ key1 }};

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Ovid

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Re: (Ovid) Re: scalar subkeys %hash ?
by crazysniffable (Acolyte) on Jun 14, 2001 at 03:51 UTC
    While your suggestion works, it only gives me subkeys for
    the first subhash (key1). Can I get the number of all the subkeys?

    However, I should've been more code specific in that the key
    and subkey names are variables:

    %hash = (
  variable_key_name => {
    variable_subkey_name => somevalue,
    another_var_subkey => someothervalue,
    ...
  },
  another_variable_key_name => {
    variable_subkey => somevalue,
    variable_subkey2  => anothervalue,
    ...
  },
  ...
);

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    Merci beaucoup!

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