I am trying to parse the following kind of data structure:

$VAR1 = {
          'ID' => 'booshoe37',
          'ut_response' => [
                             {
                               'friend_list' => {
                                                  'friend' => [
                                                                {
                                                                  'fri
+end_count' => '97',
                                                                  'use
+r' => '4Article1',
                                                                  'vid
+eo_upload_count' => '0',
                                                                  'fav
+orite_count' => '26'
                                                                },
                                                                {
                                                                  'fri
+end_count' => '29',
                                                                  'use
+r' => 'Annberly14',
                                                                  'vid
+eo_upload_count' => '6',
                                                                  'fav
+orite_count' => '255'
                                                                },
                                                                {
                                                                  'fri
+end_count' => '97',
                                                                  'use
+r' => 'DamiansChannel',
                                                                  'vid
+eo_upload_count' => '3',
                                                                  'fav
+orite_count' => '21'
                                                                },
                                                                {
                                                                  'fri
+end_count' => '3',
                                                                  'use
+r' => 'MaddieEgan',
                                                                  'vid
+eo_upload_count' => '1',
                                                                  'fav
+orite_count' => '0'
                                                                },
...

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i'd like to be able to iterate through each of the entries in the 'friend' field, and handle each individually. the problem is, i have no idea how to do so. There is a difficult number of references here, and i have no idea what to foreach. can anyone help?

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