#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my @AoH; my @age_ref = (42, 33); @AoH = ( { age => \$age_ref[0] }, {}, { age => \$age_ref[1] }, ); use Data::Dumper; print Dumper \@age_ref; @age_ref = (1, 2); use Data::Dumper; print Dumper \@AoH;