my $h = { foo => 1, bar => 2 }; @{ $h }{qw/ foo bar /} = ( 667, 889 ); # or postfix form: # $h->@{qw/ foo bar /} = ( 667, 889 ); #### my @ar = values %$h; # or postfix form: # my @ar = values $h->%*; #### perldoc perldata perldoc perlref