Using Arrays with Hash key values

[JohnTabor]

Hi Im fairly new to perl and I am pretty stumped on a problem that I am having with hashes and trying to access a value of a key when I assign the value to be an array filled with stuff. I try to print the key and the value it returns is some crazy random numbers an integers like 3hx0jeh5. Please help

print "Enter the value";
my $item_to_push = <STDIN>;
my @array = ('derp');
push(@array, $item_to_push);
print @array;

my %names;
$names{'bill'} = [@array];
print $names{'bill'};

As you see I create a hash called %names, I assign a key in it called 'bill' to @array ( so that it is its value ), and I then try to print the value of the key 'bill' but this is what comes up. ARRAY(0x81c1f0)

[toolic]

Now that you have updated your post and added your code, you need to deference the array:

use warnings;
use strict;

my $item_to_push = 'foo';
my @array = ('derp');
push(@array, $item_to_push);

my %names;
$names{'bill'} = [@array];
print "@{ $names{'bill'} }";
print "\n";

__END__

derp foo

See also tip #4 from the Basic debugging checklist: Data::Dumper

[JohnTabor]

Ah ok I see thanks for the help its much appreciated!

[toolic]

perldsc

[JohnTabor]

Thanks for the help