%mapp = (); @arr = ("R", "T", "HH", "M"); $mapp{"FirstKey"} = \@arr; @val = $mapp{"FirstKey"}; print join (",", @{$mapp{"FirstKey"}}) . "\n"; #The array will be printed push(@val, "RBB"); $mapp{"FirstKey"} = \@val; print join (",", @{$mapp{"FirstKey"}}) . "\n"; #an array reference will be printed #### R,T,HH,M ARRAY(0x7ffafc013bf8),RBB