#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @array = ( { 'name' => 'Chuck', 'job' => 'roustabout' }, { 'name' => 'CowboyNeal', 'job' => 'code monkey' }); push @array, { 'name' => 'vroom', 'job' => 'stacking blocks' }; print $array[0]->{name}; sleep 30