Thanks to all that responded. Dereferencing the hash reference via: $response->{OrgName}
...does the job. I actually stumbled upon the answer in Perl Cookbook shortly after posting. The first couple pages of chapter 11 on references and records brought dawn to marblehead. Nonetheless I'm glad I posted; I learned a few things from the solutions offered :) Robert On Sat, 31 May 2003 14:40:33 -0700 "R. Joseph Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "R. Joseph Newton" wrote: > > > Correction: > > > > Use the arrow operator. See syntax above. Or you could: > > $$hashname{$key} > > Shaoud have been: > $$hashref{$key} > > > > > But I have come to see that as relatively ugly. If you get tused to the arrow > > operator, it will start to speak to you. > > > > Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]