Hi all, I want to print the name of a variable to STDOUT, not the contents. For example, if my code is 

use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;

my %hash_name = (one => "blah");

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I want to print '%hash_name', not 'one' or 'blah'. The context of this is that I have an array of hashes of hashes, and I'd rather not add an additional level of complexity just for this. It's also one more thing to manage (and that could get messed up) if I were to do that. For now, I figure name of the variable should be fine; later, I can write a lookup hash of the variable name and description.

How can I do this?

-- Burvil

In reply to Print name of variable to STDOUT? by bowei_99

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