my %sham =  (
                1 => "j",
                2 => "b",
                1 => "p",
                2 => "b",
        );

##</code><code>##

my %sham =  (
                1 => "p",
                2 => "b",
        );

##</code><code>##

my @sham =  (               # note the sigil
               {
                1 => "j",
                2 => "b",
               },
               {
                1 => "p",
                2 => "b",
               },
        );