Here is a sample, are these the structures you asked?
$VAR1 = {
          'first' => {

                  'princ' =>[

           [
             '12345',
             'MONICA',
             '01/01/1900',
             '0X10'
           ],
           [
             '000001',
             'MARY L',
             '01/01/2000',
             '0111P'
           ],
           [
             '8884',
             'JOHN M.',
             '01/01/1932',
             '0OK8'
           ],
    ],
      'type' =>[

           [
             'Main',
             '1900',
             'Red',
           ],
           [
             'APT',
             '1290',
             'Blue',
           ],
           [
             'AVAL',
             '1921',
             'Green',
           ],
    ],
    'person' => [

          [
            'Q3.0',
            'OK',
            '1900-01-01',
            'N',
            'O',
            'O',
            'X',
            'Y'
          ],
          [
            '12w',
            'PL',
            '2000-01-02',
            'N',
            'P',
            'O',
            'X',
            'A'
          ],
    ]
   },
   'second' => {

                  'princ' =>[

           [
             '12345',
             'MONICA',
             '01/01/1900',
             '0X10'
           ],
           [
             '000001',
             'MARY L',
             '01/01/2000',
             '0111P'
           ],
           [
             '8884',
             'JOHN M.',
             '01/01/1932',
             '0OK8'
           ],
    ],
      'type' =>[

           [
             'Main',
             '1900',
             'Red',
           ],
           [
             'APT',
             '1290',
             'Blue',
           ],
           [
             'AVAL',
             '1921',
             'Green',
           ],
    ],
    'person' => [

          [
            'Q3.0',
            'OK',
            '1900-01-01',
            'N',
            'O',
            'O',
            'X',
            'Y'
          ],
          [
            '12w',
            'PL',
            '2000-01-02',
            'N',
            'P',
            'O',
            'X',
            'A'
          ],
    ]
   }

   };

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Thanks!

In reply to Re^9: Can't use string as an ARRAY ref by Anonymous Monk
in thread Can't use string as an ARRAY ref by Anonymous Monk

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