my %hash; $hash{key1} = [ [0 0, 0 1, 0 0, 1 1, 0 0, 0 1,], # first block [0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 1, 0 1, 0 0,], # second block [0 1, 0 0, 0 0, 0 1, 0 0, 0 0,], # third block ]; $hash{key2} = [ [0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 1, 1 1, 0 0,], # first block [0 0, 0 1, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0,], # second block [0 0, 1 1, 0 0, 1 1, 0 0, 1 0,], # third block ];