my @data = (); $data[0] = ({ "name" => "joe", "age" => 21, "weight" => 150, "height" => "", "sex" => "" }); $data[1] = ({ "name" => "joe", "age" => "", "weight" => "", "height" => "6'0", "sex" => "" }); $data[2] = ({ "name" => "joe", "age" => "21", "weight" => "", "height" => "", "sex" => "male" });