$VAR1 = {
          'names' => 'mary',
          'names' => 'john',
          'names' => 'Doe',
          'names  => ''
};
##</code><code>##

$VAR1 = [
         { 'names' => 'mary'},
         { 'names' => 'john'},
         { 'names' => 'Doe'},
         { 'names  => ''}
];

##</code><code>##

$VAR1 =  { 'names' => ['mary','john','Doe','']};
];