#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my %PERSON; my %NAME; $NAME{Mark} = $PERSON{a137} = ["Mark", "a137", "var1", "var2", "var3", "var3"]; print "$NAME{Mark}[2] is $PERSON{a137}[2]\n"; $NAME{Mark}[2] = "New1"; print "$NAME{Mark}[2] is $PERSON{a137}[2]\n";