Thanks Cees ... I believe I'm getting closer to understanding this .... I used Data::Dumper as suggested, and the output was: 
$VAR1 = {
          'three' => '<span style="color:red;font-weight:bold"><span i
+d="dfv_errors">* Missing</span></span>',
          'two' => '<span style="color:red;font-weight:bold"><span id=
+"dfv_errors">* Missing</span></span>'
        };

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This appears to be the default outpur from D::FV. ... it seems the problem I'm having is not knowing how to call the elements from the hash above.

It appears that the keys of the hash are the field names of the required fields that were submitted as blanks from the form.

And it also appears that I should be able to call the items from the above hash and associate them to the $results->(missing) array .... that is if I knew how to call the hash value ...

It looks to these rookie eyes that Data::Dumper shows the hash name as "$VAR1" ... and I'm guessing that in order for me to call the hash values, I need to know the hash name ???

I've been trying all kinds of combinations: 

print $results->msgs();
print $results->msgs(you name it);
print $results->msgs(I've tried it);

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but I still keep getting a damn hash reference, and no data. Frustrating, to say the least ;)

In reply to Re: Retrieving "msgs" values from Data::FormValidator by Hagbone
in thread Retrieving "msgs" values from Data::FormValidator by Hagbone

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