let me try one last time, it seems as if what some of the replies have been encompassed into my question and the wee little piggy ran all the way home and we need to bring him back...
i have an array: my @bigFatArray;
i have a scaler: my $smallskinnyScaler = "bigFat";
i want to be able to build that array and push onto it:
something like: push @{ "$smallskinnyScaler" . "Array"}, data