{ one => [ [ 1, 2 ], 3 ]; ... } #### { one => [ [ [ 1, 2 ], 3 ], 4 ]; ... } #### { one => '1 2 3 4', ... } #### #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Data::Dumper; my %h1 = ( "one" => 1, "two" => 2, "three" => 3, ); my %h2 = ( "four" => 4, "five" => 5, "six" => 6, "one" => 11111, ); foreach my $x ( keys %h2 ){ $h1{ $x } .= ' ' . $h2{ $x }; } print Dumper (\%h1); #### #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Data::Dumper; my %h1 = ( "one" => 1, "two" => 2, "three" => 3, ); my %h2 = ( "four" => 4, "five" => 5, "six" => 6, "one" => 11111, ); foreach my $x ( keys %h2 ){ $h1{ $x } .= $; . $h2{ $x }; } print Dumper (\%h1);