my $ref_array1 = @array1; my $ref_array2 = @array2; my $str = md5($ref_array1); my $str2 = md5($ref_array2); #### print $ref_array1; print $ref_array2; #### #!/usr/bin/env perl use Modern::Perl; use Data::Dumper; use Digest::MD5 qw(md5 md5_hex md5_base64); my @array1 = ( [1,'John','ABXC12132328'], [0,'John','ABXC12132322'], [0,'John','ABXC12132322'], [0,'John','ABXC12132322'], [0,'John','ABXC12132322'] ); my @array2 = ( [0,'John','ABXC12132322'], [0,'John','ABXC12132322'], [0,'John','ABXC12132322'], [0,'John','ABXC12132322'], [0,'John','ABXC12132322'] ); my @array3 = @array2; #print Dumper(\@array1); my $md5_1 = md5_hex(Dumper(\@array1)); my $md5_2 = md5_hex(Dumper(\@array2)); my $md5_3 = md5_hex(Dumper(\@array3)); say 1,' ',$md5_1; say 2,' ',$md5_2; say 3,' ',$md5_3;