my %hash = map { my $foo = 'longstring'.$_.'more'; $_ => { key1 => $foo, key2 => alter($foo) } } @list; #### my %hash = map { $_->[0] => { key1 => $_->[1], key2 => alter($_->[1]) } } map { [ $_ => 'longstring'.$_.'more' ] } @list; #### my %hash; foreach (@list) { my $foo = 'longstring'.$_.'more'; $hash{$_} = { key1 => $foo, key2 => alter($foo), }; } #### my %hash; foreach (@list) { my $foo = 'longstring'.$_.'more'; $hash{$_}{key1} = $foo; $hash{$_}{key2} = alter($foo); } #### my %hash; foreach my $key (@list) { foreach ('longstring'.$key.'more') { $hash{$key} = { key1 => $_, key2 => alter($_), }; } } #### my %hash; foreach my $key (@list) { foreach ('longstring'.$key.'more') { $hash{$key}{key1} = $_; $hash{$key}{key2} = alter($_); } } #### my %hash = map { $_ => { key1 => 'longstring'.$_.'more' } } @list; $hash{$_}{key2} = alter($hash{$_}{key1}) foreach keys %hash;