#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; my $id = 'foo'; my $Record_Lock = 'bar'; my $Record_Change_Date = 'baz'; my @elements = ( {name => 'id', value => $id }, {name => 'Record_Lock', value => $Record_Lock }, {name => 'Record_Change_Date', value => $Record_Change_Date} ); for my $elem (@elements) { print "Elem name $elem->{name} has value $elem->{value}\n"; }