How do I access the array's element stored in my hash in Perl?

Question

  # I have a hash 
  my %my_hash;

 # I have an array
  @my_array = ["aa" , "bbb"];

 # I store the array in my hash
  $my_hash{"Kunjan"} = @my_array;

 # But I can't print my array's element
  print $my_hash{"Kunjan"}[0];

I am new to Perl. Please help me.

Answer 1

Your array syntax is incorrect. You are creating an anonymous list reference, and @my_array is a single-element list containing that reference.

You can either work with the reference properly, as a scalar:

$my_array = ["aa" , "bbb"];
$my_hash{"Kunjan"} = $my_array;

Or you can work with the list as a list, creating the reference only when putting it into the hash:

@my_array = ("aa" , "bbb");
$my_hash{"Kunjan"} = \@my_array;