use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $data = [ { Ad1 => '20 SOUTH CENTRAL #B3', status => 'Property', City => 'NY', zCode => '0002', name => 'John D' }, { Ad1 => '15 SOUTH CENTRAL #B4', status => 'Property', City => 'NY', zCode => '0002', name => 'John V' }, { Ad1 => '100 main St.', status => 'houses', City => 'BO', zCode => '0007', name => 'Mary' }, ]; my @add_ins = grep { $_->{status} eq 'houses' } @$data; my $add_in = $add_ins[0]; foreach my $row (@$data) { $row->{new_name} = $add_in->{name} // ''; $row->{new_Ad1} = $add_in->{Ad1} // ''; $row->{new_City} = $add_in->{City} // ''; $row->{new_zCode} = $add_in->{zCode} // ''; } print Dumper($data);