I am building a couple of different hash tables like so (notice the 4 separate variables in the key name, starting with $F):-

$TotalMatchesHash{$F,$BBEL,$AR,$VL} = $MatchCount;
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I am able to do everything I need to do with the hash tables, like find matching keys, process results, etc. But I running into a problem as I wrap up my routine: when I print the key names, I see this:-

original key is 5<fs>19<fs>56<fs>46
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...and I cannot work around the <fs> characters, and it is important that I retrieve those 4 original variable values (all integers).

Any suggestions? The code below reveals what I am trying to do. Notice the split line that references <fs>, which does NOT work...

Thanks,

-Fiddler42

foreach (keys %NewRFactorAverageHash) {
    $RScale = $NewRFactorAverageHash{$_};
    print ("original key is $_\n");
    @LaL = split (/<fs>/, $_);
    print ("new key is $LaL\n");
    $F = $LaL[0];
    $BBEL = $LaL[1];
    $AR = $LaL[2];
    $VL = $LaL[3];
}
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