Re^2: Parsing hashes with variable structure

[SomeNoob]

in reply to Re: Parsing hashes with variable structure
in thread Parsing hashes with variable structure

Line 138 itself is the if(exists...) line and it's in the middle of a loop going through the array of references to different user hashes.

[frozenwithjoy]

Perhaps you meant the following? (I added {} around $usernumber)

if( exists $xml->{$usernumber}->{"user"}->{"firstname"} ) {...}

EDIT: You may also need to extend it as such: (but it is difficult to tell for sure w/o seeing more context)

if( ref eq 'HASH' and exists $xml->{$usernumber}->{"user"}->{"firstnam
+e"} ) {...}

[SomeNoob]

That is what I meany, yes, sorry.