my $array = []; #create new anonymous array ref push (@$array, '11'); push (@$array, '12'); push (@$array, '13'); $hash{'first'} = $array; # add $array = []; #create a new anon-array push (@$array, '21'); push (@$array, '22'); push (@$array, '23'); $hash{'second'} = $array; # add print "Hash content\n"; foreach $k (keys %hash) { foreach (@{$hash{$k}}) { print " : $_"; } print "\n"; }