On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 5:38 AM <derr...@thecopes.me> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yes, I was using a ref with my dumper. When i don't do that I don't get
> $VAR1 = \{ .
> I am still getting an error when I dereference.
>
> my $name = ${$hash_ref_decode}->{items}[0]{content};
snip
This says dereference $hash_ref_decode as a scalar then dereference that
value as a hash. Your dumper output (and the name of the variable) seems
to show that $hash_ref_decode holds a hashref. In this case, you should
probably say
my $name = $hash_ref_decode->{items}[0]{content};
