#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my %hash; push @{$hash{"3"}}, "apple"; push @{$hash{"2"}}, "pear"; push @{$hash{"5"}}, "orange"; push @{$hash{"3"}}, "grape"; push @{$hash{"2"}}, "icky pineapple"; print Dumper(\%hash), $/;