use Data::Dumper; my %h1; $h1{(1, 1)} = 17; $h1{(2, 2)} = 19; $h1{('', 22)} = 23; $h1{(22, '')} = 22; my @h = (3, 4, 5); $h1{(@h)} = 44; print Dumper(\%h1); #### $VAR1 = { '22' => 22, '22' => 23, '11' => 17, '3' => 44, '22' => 19 };