Ohhhh... well if you're just trying to see what someone else's data looks like, have you considered using Data::Dumper instead? It makes something like that very easy.

use Data::Dumper;

my %Volume_Info = ( alpha => [ 0, 512, 1048576, 1,
                               { one => 'first_hash' },
                               [ 'two', 'first_array' ],
                               { three => 'second_hash' },
                               -1, 0, 'zfod', 0 ],
                    beta  => [ 1, 2, { four => 'third_hash' },
                               2, 1 ] );

print Dumper(\%Volume_Info);
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...which produces...

$VAR1 = {
          'beta' => [
                      1,
                      2,
                      {
                        'four' => 'third_hash'
                      },
                      2,
                      1
                    ],
          'alpha' => [
                       0,
                       512,
                       1048576,
                       1,
                       {
                         'one' => 'first_hash'
                       },
                       [
                         'two',
                         'first_array'
                       ],
                       {
                         'three' => 'second_hash'
                       },
                       -1,
                       0,
                       'zfod',
                       0
                     ]
        };
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Not sure if this fits your purposes, but I felt it was worth mentioning (especially after misleading you with my first response).

-Bird

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