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As a simple rule, for every { in the Data::Dumper output you need a { for dereferencing, and for every [ in the dumper output you need a [ for dereferencing: 
# $VAR1 = { 'lbvserver' => [ {, 'name' => 'name1', '
#         ^                ^ ^

my $name = $decode_json->{lbvserver}[0]{name};
#                        ^          ^  ^

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perlreftut and maybe perldsc should teach you enough to figure it out.

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Re^2: Attempting to interpret JSON data
by mr007619 (Novice) on May 16, 2012 at 20:24 UTC
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Re^2: Attempting to interpret JSON data
by mr007619 (Novice) on May 16, 2012 at 21:36 UTC

    One last question here after finally starting to understand array and hash references. So since this is a mix of both, is the best way to loop through each array of hashes to grab the count of array elements as such

    $count = -1;
foreach $elem (@{$decodejs->{'lbvserver'}}) {
$count++; }

$num = 0;

while ($num <= $count) {

print "$decodejs->{'lbvserver'}[$num]{'valueIwant'}\n";
$num++ }

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      Maybe simply 

      for my $elem (@{$decodejs->{lbvserver}}) {
    print "$elem->{valueIwant}\n";
}

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[d/l]

        Yes thank you now I realize that was a reference and much easier - understanding this better now, thanks a lot.

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