Re: dereferencing an object

2016-11-08 Thread derrick
ok, Thank you for that. I was misunderstanding what the -> represented. It is working now. Derrick On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 11:29:41AM +, Chas. Owens wrote: > On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 5:38 AM wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Yes, I was using a ref with my dumper. When i don't do that I don't get > > $

Re: dereferencing an object

2016-11-08 Thread Chas. Owens
On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 5:38 AM wrote: > Hi, > > Yes, I was using a ref with my dumper. When i don't do that I don't get > $VAR1 = \{ . > I am still getting an error when I dereference. > > my $name = ${$hash_ref_decode}->{items}[0]{content}; snip This says dereference $hash_ref_decode as a

Re: dereferencing an object

2016-11-08 Thread derrick
Hi, Yes, I was using a ref with my dumper. When i don't do that I don't get $VAR1 = \{ . I am still getting an error when I dereference. my $name = ${$hash_ref_decode}->{items}[0]{content}; say '$name'. $name; The error is: Not a SCALAR reference at todoist.pl line 79. but it should