use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my %types = ( TYPE1 => [ { NAME => 'Joe', ID => '022'}, { NAME => 'Sue', ID => '088'}, { NAME => 'Tom', ID => '108'} ], TYPE2 => [ { NAME => 'Sue_B', ID => '089'}, { NAME => 'Sue_C', ID => '090'} ] ); splice @{$types{TYPE1}}, 1, 1, @{$types{TYPE2}}; print Dumper(\%types)