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    push @{ $family_hash{$key} }, @values;

I prefer

$family_hash{$key} = [@values];
Bill

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Re^3: Hash arrays
by NetWallah (Canon) on Dec 26, 2012 at 16:30 UTC
    Yes - that looks cleaner, but it is not the equivalent.

    Your code overwrites the contents of $family_hash{$key} while the OP's appends.
    So, if the $key appears more than once in the input data sequence, all but the last will be clobbered by your code.

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