I guess what you really want is to merge two hash refs. Corion wrote this 11 years ago. You might try something like this:

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Hash::Merge qw(merge);
use Data::Dump;
use Test::More tests => 1;

my $data_a = {
    'fullname' => 'Ms Mary Lou',
    'first'    => 'Mary',
    'last'     => 'Lou',
};

my $data_b = {
    'house'   => 'main',
    'number'  => '0123',
    'area'    => 'north',
    'code'     => 'zip',
};


my $expected = {
    'house'    => 'main',
    'number'   => '0123',
    'area'     => 'north',
    'code'     => 'zip',
    'fullname' => 'Ms Mary Lou',
    'first'    => 'Mary',
    'last'     => 'Lou',
};


dd $data_a;
dd $data_b;
dd $expected;

my $result = merge( $data_a, $data_b );

dd $result;

is_deeply( $result, $expected, qq(merged hash refs) );


__END__

Karls-Mac-mini:Desktop karl$ ./merge.pl
1..1
{ first => "Mary", fullname => "Ms Mary Lou", last => "Lou" }
{ area => "north", code => "zip", house => "main", number => "0123" }
{
  area     => "north",
  code     => "zip",
  first    => "Mary",
  fullname => "Ms Mary Lou",
  house    => "main",
  last     => "Lou",
  number   => "0123",
}
{
  area     => "north",
  code     => "zip",
  first    => "Mary",
  fullname => "Ms Mary Lou",
  house    => "main",
  last     => "Lou",
  number   => "0123",
}
ok 1 - merged hash refs

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Please see also Hash::Merge, Test::More and Data::Dump. A look at ref might be probably useful as well. Best regards, Karl

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In reply to Re: Add array ref to another array ref by karlgoethebier
in thread Add array ref to another array ref by Anonymous Monk

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