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And this is how to do it: (Score:2)

by jdavidb (1361) on 2002.06.17 14:04 (#9634) Homepage Journal

$hash{hash} = {five => 5, six => 6, seven => 7}; @vals = @{$hash{hash}}{qw(five seven)};

Note, don't make the mistake of
@vals = $hash{hash}->{qw(five seven)};
which parses correctly but does not give you what you're looking for.
I don't think I'd even know about slices if it weren't for the warning you get with @array[$i].

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