To access the anonymous array, begin by subscripting: $hashref->{Inventory}{host}. That gives you a reference to the array; you can then dereference it by putting it inside @{ ... }. So:

#! perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dump;

my $hashref =
{
    Inventory =>
    { 
        lb   => 'abc',
        host => [
                    { hostA => { os => 'Linux',   location => 'Dublin'
+  } },
                    { hostB => { os => 'Windows', location => 'US'    
+  } },
                    { hostC => { os => 'Ubuntu',  location => 'Germany
+' } },
                ],
    },
};

# Question 1
my   @hosts = map { (keys %$_)[0] } @{ $hashref->{Inventory}{host} };
dd  \@hosts;

# Question 2
push @{ $hashref->{Inventory}{host} },
      { hostD => { os => 'Unix', location => 'France' } };
dd   $hashref;

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Output:

 0:39 >perl 871_SoPW.pl
["hostA", "hostB", "hostC"]
{
  Inventory => {
    host => [
      { hostA => { location => "Dublin", os => "Linux" } },
      { hostB => { location => "US", os => "Windows" } },
      { hostC => { location => "Germany", os => "Ubuntu" } },
      { hostD => { location => "France", os => "Unix" } },
    ],
    lb => "abc",
  },
}

 0:39 >

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Hope that helps,

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum Iustus alius egestas vitae, eros Piratica,

In reply to Re: getting array value from anonymous hash by Athanasius
in thread getting array value from anonymous hash by sunil9009

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