# warning windows doublequotes! # Data::Dump is a bit better.. perl -MData::Dump -e "@ar1='A'..'E';@ar2=1..5;@ar3='a'..'e';$hash{shift @ar1}={shift @ar2=>shift @ar3} while @ar1; dd %hash" ( "A", { 1 => "a" }, "D", { 4 => "d" }, "C", { 3 => "c" }, "E", { 5 => "e" }, "B", { 2 => "b" }, )