in reply to How do you check if a key exists without creating it ?

Well, you start by not creating it :)

no autovivification;

if( exists $foo->{bar}{anything}{you}{want} ){ }

Or

use Data::Diver 'Dive';

if( my $want = Dive( $foo, qw/ bar anything you want / ) ){ ... }

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Re^2: How do you check if a key exists without creating it ?
by exilepanda (Friar) on Oct 06, 2012 at 09:00 UTC
    THANK YOU IT WORKS PERFECTLY!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! =D