$VAR1 = \[ { 'firstName' => 'Ronnie', 'dateOfBirh' => '22 March 1971', 'lastName' => 'Smith' }, { 'firstName' => 'Claudia', 'timeNow' => '14 April 1972', 'lastName' => 'Winkleman' } ]; $VAR1 = { 'firstName' => 'Ronnie', 'dateOfBirh' => '22 March 1971', 'lastName' => 'Smith' }; $VAR2 = { 'firstName' => 'Claudia', 'timeNow' => '14 April 1972', 'lastName' => 'Winkleman' }; 2 1 Odd number of elements in anonymous hash at arrayTest_monk.pl line 38. Reference found where even-sized list expected at arrayTest_monk.pl line 38. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at arrayTest_monk.pl line 40. HASH(0x82007a4) =>