note targetsmart I know that it is deprecated, I never used this %hash->{key}, I came across some code like that, wanted to understand how it works; for my knowledge.<br> my question is, I can understand what is going on when I do $hash{key}, but I can't understand what is going when I do %hash->{key}, kindly explain. <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-520366"> <hr> Vivek <br> -- 'I' am not the body, 'I' am the 'soul', which has no beginning or no end, no attachment or no aversion, nothing to attain or lose. </div></div> 781575 781576