On Thu, Mar 05, 2020 at 12:27:12AM +0000, Ravi Krishna wrote: > > > > > how can I determine what the data type of the value element is? > > > perl has a ref function which can tell what type of object. > > https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/ref.html > > > > That was my goto answer, but see this in the docs: If the operand is not a reference, then the empty string will be returned. So after I assign this to a variable this function does not help. I may need to try using this against the actual _TD... hash Thanks. -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
