my %days; my @chs = qw (1..30); my $max_prog_chan = 60; foreach my $channel(@chs){ foreach my $count(0..$max_prog_chan){ share $days{$channel}{$count}{'channel'}; share $days{$channel}{$count}{'channel_info'}; share $days{$channel}{$count}{'episode_num'}; share $days{$channel}{$count}{'start'}; share $days{$channel}{$count}{'stop'}; share $days{$channel}{$count}{'makedate'}; share $days{$channel}{$count}{'description'}; share $days{$channel}{$count}{'title'}; share $days{$channel}{$count}{'writer'}; share $days{$channel}{$count}{'director'}; share $days{$channel}{$count}{'actors'}; share $days{$channel}{$count}{'rating'}; share $days{$channel}{$count}{'length'}; share $days{$channel}{$count}{'category'}; share $days{$channel}{$count}{'star_rating'}; } }