#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Data::Dumper; my %hash; print Dumper(\%hash); $hash{one}->{key1} = 'value1'; $hash{one}->{key2} = 'value2'; print Dumper(\%hash); #### $hash{one}->{key1} = 'value1'; $hash{one}{key1} = 'value1';