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$data {$a}{$b} $data {$a}{$b}{$c} $data {$d}{$e}
$data{join "\0", $a, $b} $data{join "\0", $a, $b, $c} $data{join "\0", $d, $e}
for (keys %data) { # you could do something with $data{$_} directly, ... my @keys = split /\0/; # ... }