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 > > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > Even checking gisnt teh _TD structure does not return a value: foreach my $key (sort keys %{$_TD->{old}}) { my $ref1 = ref $_TD->{old}->{$key}; my $ref2 = ref $_TD->{new}->{$key}; elog(NOTICE, "ref1 = $ref1 ref2 = $ref2" ); . . . Results in the following output: NOTICE: ref1 = ref2 = -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
