#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my @basket = ( #Left bracket indicates start of a list ... (Array of hash-refs) # Populate Zero'th basket as a hash-ref: { count=> 254, # Expecting this many fruit here fruit=> [ qw( Apple pear Banana Peach ) ], type => "All Season" }, # End of Zero'th basket {} # First (Empty) basket is created (This is not necessary) ); # End of all baskets # Adding "Grapes" to zero'th basket ... my $fruit_ref = $basket[0]{fruit} ; push @$fruit_ref, "Grapes"; $basket[0]{count}++; # Increment how many fruit # Populate First basket with tropical fruit: $basket[1]{fruit} = [ qw|papaya guava mango| ]; $basket[1]{count} = scalar ( @{ $basket[1]{fruit} }); # Auto count $basket[1]{type} = "Tropical"; # Print fruit info.. print "Basket# Type \t\tCount \tContents -------\n"; my $basket_nbr = 0; for my $b (@basket){ $basket_nbr++; #For printing, basket numbers start with 1 print "$basket_nbr \t$b->{type} \t$b->{count} \t@{$b->{fruit} }\n"; } #### Basket# Type Count Contents ------- 1 All Season 255 Apple pear Banana Peach Grapes 2 Tropical 3 papaya guava mango