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vinoth.ree has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question: 

my $Rec_Ref = [1,2,3,4, 'name'=>'panic','age'=>'34','data'=>'10.98',}]
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print $Rec_Ref->[4]{'name'}."\n"

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The above code gives me the value of 'name' key without using "->". Is that -> is optional ?

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