note joe++ Hmm, interesting fact: my first impression of [id://9073|Merlyn]'s comment was not offensive at all. I mean, I happen to have read the appropriate Apocalypse about dereferencing List/Hash elements. For me, Merlyn's comment just looks like an enlightenment on the subject rather than saying "you're plain wrong" - a way of giving help and improve indpendent judgement at once. On the other hand, if you're just here for some cut-and-paste coding, this way of thinking is likely a mere distraction. Anyway, from [http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/05/03/wall.html|Apocalypse 2] (not the main discussion about interpolation, but it's mentioned here as well): <blockquote> Note for those who are thinking we should just stick with Perl 5 interpolation rules: We have to allow % to introduce interpolation now because individual hash values are no longer named with $foo{$bar}, but rather %foo{$bar}. So we might as well allow interpolation of complete hashes. </blockquote> Conclusion: I don't think this discussion is worth a [id://206311|standard reply disclaimer block] ;-) -- Cheers, [id://10620|Joe] 205137 205582