How can I assign two values for a Key in hash Perl

[jaigs_27]

I have already assigned values to a hash but now again I need to assign values in same hash for the same keys. but old values should remain there.

And at last I want to access/print both values using that single key

Please help!!

[coopstah13]

a key in a hash table can only map to one value, thats how a hash table works

[Cabhan]

A hash key can only map to a single scalar, this is true. However, by using arrayrefs, you can get around this. I assume you know about arrayrefs. See the below code for an example of what I mean:

alex@danu ~/test/perl $ cat arrayrefs_in_hash 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;

my %hash;

for(qw/a b c/)
{
    push @{$hash{'key'}}, $_;
}

for (@{$hash{'key'}})
{
    print "$_\n";
}
alex@danu ~/test/perl $ ./arrayrefs_in_hash 
a
b
c

I make $hash{'key'} point to an arrayref, so I can push, loop, and all the normal array operations on it.

[apoorv_khurasia]

The values should be a list with elements as what your are using as values now.