#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dump; my $data = [ { status => 'Main', City => 'NY', zCode => '0002', ID => '2222' }, { status => 'Extra', City => 'BO', zCode => '0007', ID => '2222' }, { status => 'Cabin', City => 'NE', zCode => '4562', ID => '2222' }, { status => 'Main', City => 'AA', zCode => 'TTTT', ID => '8888' }, { status => 'Test', City => 'BB', zCode => 'WWWW', ID => '8888' }, { status => 'Cabin', City => 'CA', zCode => '2334', ID => '8888' }, ]; my %new = (City => 'new_City', zCode => 'new_z_code'); my %extra; $extra{$_->{ID}} = $_ for grep +($_->{status} eq 'Extra'), @$data; for my $row (@$data) { next unless $row->{status} eq 'Main'; %$row = (%$row, map +($new{$_} => exists $extra{$row->{ID}} ? $extra{$row->{ID}}{$_} : '' ), keys %new ); } dd $data;