So, if I understand correctly, for each customer -- that is to say, each key of %myHash -- you want a variable named after that customer?

You could do that with soft references (note that this will fail to compile under use strict, and generate warnings even without it): 

my %myHash = (
  "FredFlintstone" => 1000,
  "BarneyRubble" => 2000,
);

foreach (keys %myHash) {
  $var = "money_spent_$_";
  $$var = $myHash{$_};
}

say $money_spent_FredFlintstone; # 1000
say $money_spent_BarneyRubble;   # 2000

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But I'd strongly advise against this. This is precisely the sort of thing that hashes are for.

In reply to Re^3: Keys and Values from Hash by AppleFritter
in thread Keys and Values from Hash by David92

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