in reply to array manipulation with string

Welcome to PerlMonks!, santoshkumarcp

It will be easier for people to help you if you surround your code (e.g. the part after My code is like this...) with <code>...</code> tags. This will make your code look more like it looks when you type it into the input box. If you can't see the edit box, scroll down a bit in your browser window. If you still can't see it, click on the title of your post.

As for the question itself: you can use the concatenation (dot) operator 'IP_' . $newHosts->{server} to get the sting "IP_10.100.200.10". Further discussion aimed at a beginner can be found at How to concatenate stings with Perl.

Best, beth