use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my @foo = qw/1 2 3 4 5 6/; my @fu = qw/1 2 3 4 5 6/; my %bar = ( \@foo => 'elephants', \@fu => 'zebras' ); print Dumper \%bar; #### $VAR1 = { 'ARRAY(0x18ae770)' => 'zebras', 'ARRAY(0x17f0ec8)' => 'elephants' }; #### my @foo = qw/1 2 3 4 5 6/; my @fu = qw/1 2 3 4 5 6/; my %bar = ( join ('',@foo) => 'elephants', join ('',@fu) => 'zebras' ); print Dumper \%bar; #### $VAR1 = { '123456' => 'zebras' };