knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ perl -Mstrict -MData::Dumper -wE ' > my %h = ( > ( 1 => q{j}, 2 => q{b} ), > ( 1 => q{p}, 2 => q{b} ), > ); > print Data::Dumper->Dumpxs( [ \ %h ], [ qw{ *h } ] );' %h = ( '1' => 'p', '2' => 'b' ); knoppix@Microknoppix:~$