#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use warnings; use diagnostics; my @data = [ '17-02-2005','18-02-2005','19-02-2005', '20-02-2005','21-02-2005','22-02-2005', '23-02-2005','24-02-2005' ]; my %labels = ( 'C' => [0,0,0,0,7,0,0,2], 'A' => [0,0,0,0,0,0,5,4], 'B' => [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] ); foreach my $item (sort {$a cmp $b} keys %labels) { push @{$data[$item]}, $labels{$item}; } use Data::Dumper; print Dumper @data; __OUTPUT__ $VAR1 = [ '17-02-2005', '18-02-2005', '19-02-2005', '20-02-2005', '21-02-2005', '22-02-2005', '23-02-2005', '24-02-2005', [0,0,0,0,0,0,5,4], [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0], [0,0,0,0,7,0,0,2] ];