#! perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dump; my @array1 = qw( a e i o u ); my @array2 = qw( x y z ); my %hash = ( key1 => [ \@array1, \@array2, ], ); dd \%hash; push @{ $hash{key1} }, 'abc'; dd \%hash; #### 17:39 >perl 994_SoPW.pl { key1 => [["a", "e", "i", "o", "u"], ["x", "y", "z"]] } { key1 => [["a", "e", "i", "o", "u"], ["x", "y", "z"], "abc"] } 17:39 >