$VAR1 = { 'ARRAY(0x19333b0)' => [ 'baz', 5 ], 'ARRAY(0x350c8)' => [ 'bar', 7 ] }; #### my @Index_Is_The_Weight=( [], # Zero weight - no items ["foo"], # Only one item has weight ONE [], # No items in weight 2 ["bar"], # Three ([]) x 5, # Five empty items ["quux"] );