use strict; my %rev_hash = (); my %hash = ( 'key1' => [1, 20, 3], 'key2' => [1, 30, 4, 7], 'key3' => [1, 9, 8], 'key4' => [1, 9, 17], 'key5' => [1, 9, 17], ); { local ($;) = " "; while (my ($k, $v) = each %hash) { push @{$rev_hash{"@{$v}"}}, $k; } while (my ($k, $v) = each %rev_hash) { print qq(\$rev_hash{$k} = "@{$v}"\n); } }