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in thread Help with JSON Module

Do I presume that $VAR1 was created by the Dumper module and can't be used in my program?

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Re^9: Help with JSON Module
by Corion (Patriarch) on Sep 08, 2012 at 09:49 UTC

    Data::Dumper just outputs a string representation of your data. As you pass in an unnamed reference, Data::Dumper makes up a name. That name is $VAR1.

    You will have to learn about references, and start with the reference you also pass to Data::Dumper, instead of $VAR1.