@data = ( { id => '1', name => 'Tom', sex => 'Male', }, { id => '2', name => 'Harry', sex => 'Male', }, { id => '3', name => 'Pam', sex => 'Female', }, { id => '4', name => 'Dick', sex => 'Male', } ); #### use strict; use warnings; use Storable qw / dclone /; #my @data = ( ... ) As shown above; my $data2; for my $href ( @data ) { my $copy_ref = dclone($href); my $sex = $copy_ref->{sex}; delete $copy_ref->{sex}; push @{ $data2->{$sex} }, $copy_ref; } use Data::Dumper; print Dumper $data2; #### $VAR1 = { 'Female' => [ { 'name' => 'Pam', 'id' => '3' } ], 'Male' => [ { 'name' => 'Tom', 'id' => '1' }, { 'name' => 'Harry', 'id' => '2' }, { 'name' => 'Dick', 'id' => '4' } ] };