[ { flinstones => "fred", jetsons => "george" }, { flinstones => "fred", jetsons => "jane" }, { flinstones => "barney", jetsons => "george" }, { flinstones => "barney", jetsons => "jane" }, ]; #### use Data::Dumper; use strict; use warnings; my $blah = { { flinstones => "fred", jetsons => "george" }, { flinstones => "fred", jetsons => "jane" }, { flinstones => "barney", jetsons => "george" }, { flinstones => "barney", jetsons => "jane" }, }; print Dumper($blah); #### $VAR1 = { 'HASH(0x224ef8)' => { 'flinstones' => 'fred', 'jetsons' => 'jane' }, 'HASH(0x1876560)' => { 'flinstones' => 'barney', 'jetsons' => 'jane' } };