Hello, I would like this cool shorthand to assign values to a hash slice, but I'm stumped at how to make this work in a hash of hashes. It may be simple, but I don't get it. 
use Data::Dumper;

@keys = qw(A B C);
@values = qw(1 2 3);

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The following works, of course: 
@hash{@keys} = @values;
print Dumper(\%hash);

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but I would like the results of this clumsy code: 
%hash=();

$hash{x}{A} = 1;
$hash{x}{B} = 2;
$hash{x}{C} = 3;
print Dumper(\%hash);

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... in a shorter and nicer syntax like the 1st example. Unfortunately, whatever I tried, it doesn't "do what I mean": 
%hash=();
$hash{x}{@keys} = @values;
print Dumper(\%hash);

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gives me $hash{x}{3} == 3. Writing @hash{x}{@keys} = @values; or @{$hash{x}{@keys}} = @values; doesn't help. Thanks in advance for sharing your wisdom...

In reply to how to $hash{key}{@keys} = @values by rduke15

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