Yes it was of pleanty of use. But tell me, am I trying to do the impossible? Here is where I am right now...without the help my comp would go out the window 
use warnings;
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;

my $popCt = 4;
my %HoH;

for (1 .. $popCt) 
{
    my ( $refToArrA, $refToArrB, $refToArrC ) = makeArrays();
    &gener();
}
print Data::Dumper->Dumpxs([\%HoH], [q{*HoH}]);


sub makeArrays
{
    my ($upper, $lower);
    print 'Enter lower bound: ';
    chomp ($lower = <STDIN>);
    print 'Enter upper bound: ';
    chomp ($upper = <STDIN>);
    my @chroma;
    my @chromb;
    my $ranpop;
    
    $ranpop = int rand($upper - $lower + 1) + $lower;
    print $ranpop . "\n";

    my @arrA = ( 1 .. $ranpop );
    
    my $limiter = 50;
    my @holda;
    my @holdb;
    while ($ranpop) 
    {
        my $genea = int rand ($limiter);
        push(@holda, $genea);    
        my $geneb = int rand ($limiter);
        push(@holdb, $geneb);
        $ranpop--;
    }
    
    
    my @arrB = ( @holda );
    my @arrC = ( @holdb );
    
    return \@arrA, \@arrB, \@arrC;
}

sub gener
{
    my @newind = @$refToArrA;
    my @newchroma = @$refToArrB;
    my @newchromb = @$refToArrC;
    for my $pop ( 1 .. $popCt )
    {
        $HoH{$pop} =
           {
               individual  => [ @newind ],
               chromasome1 => [ @newchroma ],
               chromasome2 => [ @newchromb ],
           };
    }
}

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In an ideal world I would have 4 populations with 4 different sets of individuals with 4 different sets of chromosome A and B's. At this point I feel like I am going about this all wrong...

I know strict and warnings are returing things...but I don't know what they mean, google only helps so much.

I really appreciate the help, but tell me if I ask the impossible.

In reply to Re^4: Hash of Hash Redux by BioNrd
in thread Hash of Hash Redux by BioNrd

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