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It's been done.

use strict;
use warnings;
use Hash::Merge;
use Data::Dumper;


my %hash1 = ( this  => 1, that => 2, the   => 3, other => 4  );
my %hash2 = ( those => 1, them => 2, thine => 3, other => 42 );

my %merged = %{ Hash::Merge->new('RETAINMENT_PRECEDENT')->merge( \%has
+h1, \%hash2 ) };

print Dumper \%merged;
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Hash::Merge can merge arbitrarily deep hashes, following pre-defined rules for key conflict resolution.

Dave

In reply to Re: Merge 2 hashes which contains duplicate Keys by davido
in thread Merge 2 hashes which contains duplicate Keys by slayedbylucifer

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