print Dumper \@data; __END__ $VAR1 = [ { 'artist' => 'Van Halen', 'genre' => 'Rock & Roll', 'album' => 'Van Halen II', 'title' => 'Spanish Fly', 'year' => '1979', 'id' => '1' }, $VAR1->[0], $VAR1->[0], $VAR1->[0], $VAR1->[0] ];