use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; # @sanData is equivalent to $sheet->Name() and @Column_A data # in your 'foreach my $sheet' loop. my @sanData = ( { name => q{SAN_01}, data => [ qw{ RDUB010 34:34:36:7U 87:23:89:6C RDUB090 90:39:12:6U 34:34:36:7Z 87:23:89:6N 34:38:36:7U } ], }, { name => q{SAN_02}, data => [ qw{ RDUB030 34:7U:34:36 87:89:23:6C RDUB070 90:12:39:7Z 36:34:34:6U 89:23:87:6N 34:36:38:7U } ], }, ); my $storage = {}; foreach my $rhSheet ( @sanData ) { my $name = $rhSheet->{ name }; $storage->{ $name } = {}; my $currentLUN = q{}; foreach my $dataItem ( @{ $rhSheet->{ data } } ) { if ( $dataItem =~ m{:} ) { push @{ $storage->{ $name }->{ $currentLUN } }, $dataItem; } else { $currentLUN = $dataItem; $storage->{ $name }->{ $currentLUN } = []; } } } print Data::Dumper->Dumpxs( [ $storage ], [ qw{ storage } ] );