I have an array: 
my @fname = ("Bob", "John", Ashley");
my @lname = ("Johnson", "Hill", "Sharp");
my @state = ("AK", "CA", "AL");

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And what I am trying to do is create a hash that uses the @fname and @lname as the keys and the @state as the value to the hash.

What is the best way to do this? I have seen examples of using the map function, but I thought you could just set a hash equal to an array and it would create the hash for you.

The only problem is I don't know how to make both the first and last name arrays the key at the same time.

Any help would be appreciated.

Just to be clear, the hash should be like

{Bob Johnson} => {AK}
{John Hill} => {CA}

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In reply to Creating a hash from arrays by cspctec

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