my @aoh1 = qw (value1 value2); my @aoh2 = qw (value3 value4); @aoh2 = (@aoh1, @aoh2); #### @aoh2 = ('value1', 'value2', 'value3', 'value4' ); #### @aoh1 = ({ 'key1' => 'value1', 'key2' => 'value2' }); @aoh2 = ({ 'key3' => 'value3', 'key4' => 'value4' }); @aoh2 = (@aoh1, @aoh2); #### @aoh2 = ( { 'key2' => 'value2', 'key1' => 'value1' }, { 'key4' => 'value4', 'key3' => 'value3' } );