my $k=0,$str="";
 for(my $i=0; $i<4;$i+=1)  { 

    @entry=undef;
    for my $j (0..7) { 
    $h{"BUCK_$j"} = $bucket[$k+$j]; 
    push @entry,\%h;
    }
    $hash_table[$i] = { ENTRY  => [@entry]};
    $k+=8;
 } #end of for i

for(my $i=0; $i<4;$i+=1)  {
    print "ENTRY-0-BUCK-0::", 
        $hash_table[$i]->{ENTRY}->{BUCK_0}, "\n"; 
}