my @classrooms = ( { classname => 1, students => [ { age => 0, fn => 0, id => 0, ln => 0 }, { age => 1, fn => 1, id => 1, ln => 1 }, ], }, ) ; my @classrooms; $classrooms[0]{students}[0]{ln} = 0; #d3 $classrooms[0]{students}[0]{id} = 0; #d3 $classrooms[0]{students}[0]{age} = 0; #d3 $classrooms[0]{students}[0]{fn} = 0; #d3 $classrooms[0]{students}[1]{ln} = 1; #d3 $classrooms[0]{students}[1]{id} = 1; #d3 $classrooms[0]{students}[1]{age} = 1; #d3 $classrooms[0]{students}[1]{fn} = 1; #d3 $classrooms[0]{classname} = 1; #d1