Hi Monks,
I would like to make and return a hash instead of returning two arrays, using the sample code below to illustrate my issue how can I do this, and how would I print this hash like I am printing it using the array in my sample code? 
...
sub test {

my (@names_all, @email_all);
my @name = qw(Joe mary ann pete amy jerry);
my @email = qw(joe@test.com mary@test.com ann@nowhere.com pete@here.co
+m amy@ok.com jerry@b.com);

foreach $names(@names) {
 push @name_all, $names;
 }

foreach $emails(@email) {
 push @email_all, $emails;
 }

 # need to make a hash instead of sending two arrays, how??
 #return \@name_all, \@email;

  return \@name_all;

}

my $info = test();

foreach my $all(@$info) {

  print "\n$all\n";

     }
...

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Thanks a lot!

In reply to Returning a hash instead of two arrays help! by Anonymous Monk

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