HoA test 1: ARRAY(0x8111b78) HoA test 1: aaa HoA test 1: 3 #### # Initialisation my %HoA = ( 'camel' => [ 'flea', 'bug-ridden', 'brown' ], 'flea' => [ 'camel-loving', 'bug', 'too tiny to tell' ] ); # Adding arrays: $HoA{'frog'}= [ 'tadpole', 'no bugs', 'green' ]; # Getting element of an array print "A camel is: ".$HoA{'camel'}->[2]; #### # HoA from above use Data::Dumper; print Dumper(\%HoA); #### $VAR1 = { 'flea' => [ 'camel-loving', 'bug', 'too tiny to tell' ], 'camel' => [ 'flea', 'bug-ridden', 'brown' ], 'frog' => [ 'tadpole', 'no bugs', 'green' ] };