I thought I saw this question answered here already, but I can't find it.

Is it possible to use the same key twice in a hash?
I have a hash that will be three dimensional:
$myhash{$level1}{$level2} = 3;

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For every $level1 there will be multiple $level2 keys, the problem is there may be multiple $level2 keys with the same name.
Can this be handled in a hash?
I was thinking of testing for uniqueness and if the keys are the same, putting the keys in an array and putting the array in the hash, but that will make comparisons more difficult and eliminate most of the value of using a hash in the first place.
Any ideas?

Your humble servant,
-Chuck

In reply to Multiple identical keys in a hash. by ChuckularOne

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