in reply to multi-dimensional hashes

my %mdhash = ( foo => [ qw( ichi ni ) ], bar => [ qw( san shi ) ], ); print $mdhash{foo}->[0], $mdhash{foo}[1], $/, @{$mdhash{bar}}[0], pop @{ $mdhash{bar} }, $/; __output__ ichini sanshi
See. perlreftut and perlref for more info.
HTH

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