for my $listing (@listings) { my @list = grep {length} split '~', $listing; my %data; @data{@keys} = @list; print "Item1 is ", $data{'ItemName1'}, $/; print "Item2 is ", $data{'ItemName2'}, $/; push @{$hoa{$keys[$_]}}, $list[$_] for 0..$#keys; }