i am developing a web management system and am working with a hash of hashes of lists as so:

$hashoffiles->{$streamID}->{$filename} = (modsize, group, user etc...)
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I am sure that i am constructing them correctly but when i try to loop though the second key i get the following error. For some reason it does not see $streamID as a hash but as a single variable

Can't use string ("1") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at E:\
+Inetpub\cgi-bin\wms.pl line 176.
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My construction code is

foreach my $dir (@dirList) 
{
    if(! -d $dir) 
    {
        push @failDir, ($dir);
        next;
    }       
       find { wanted => sub {
       
    #the @fileInfo array is created using the stat function but is irr
+elevant for perlmonks
    my @fileInfo = ($mode, $user, $group, $size, $mtime, $type, $filen
+ame, $filepath);
          
       #$hashOfStreams has two keys: 1 and 8
   
    #Create a hash of files from source dir for each stream
    foreach my $key (keys %$hashOfStreams)
    {
        #ie $hashOfFiles->{'1'}->{'E:/mame.txt} = [ '$mode', '$user', 
+'$group'.. ];
        #ie $hashOfFiles->{'8'}->{'E:/mame.txt} = [ '$mode', '$user', 
+'$group'.. ];
        $hashOfFiles->{$key}->{$File::Find::name} = [ @fileInfo ];
        
        #the following Debug code prints all vars correctly
        print "$key $File::Find::name $mode, $user, $group, $size, $mt
+ime, $type, $filename, $filepath<br>";
    }
    
    }, follow => 0}, "$dir";
}
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my looping code is as follows

foreach $key (sort keys %$hashOfFiles) 
{
    #FAILS HERE -  ERROR SAYS THAT $key is not a hash but a string
    foreach my $file (sort keys %$key) 
    {
           my ($mode2, $user2, $group2, $size2, $mtime2, $filename, $f
+ilepath) = @{$hashOfFiles->{$key}->{$file}};
        print "$file - $filename, $filepath, $mode2 $user2, $group2, $
+size2, $mtime2<br>";
       }
}
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Can anyone who has dealt with complex vars see the problem? I have been looking for hours but cannot see it? Is it possible to create vars as complex as this?

Costas

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