Answer: How do I make an array of hashes? contributed by chromatic my @array = ( { 'name' => 'Chuck', 'job' => 'roustabout', }, { 'name' => 'CowboyNeal', 'job' => 'code monkey', }, ); [download] You can also use normal array operations (such as push) to modify an array: push @array, { 'name' => 'vroom', 'job' => 'stacking blocks' }; print $array[0]->{name}; [download] See perlman:perldsc for more information.

Answer: How do I make an array of hashes? contributed by fx If the hash has already been created, you can store references to the hash in arrays: push(@array, \%some_hash); and then when you pop them off: $hash_ref = pop(@array); you'll get a scalar back which can be dereferenced to get at the values of the hash: $value = $hash_ref->{'key'};

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