my @people= (); my @names = qw(jack peter smith jason patrick sylvia randa debbie diane john gina solomon fances jojo kwame nana esi francis ato justice); for my $i (0 .. $#names) { my %hash = (); $hash{"age"} = int(rand 75) + 1; $hash{"name"} = $names[$i]; push (@people, \%hash); }