#!perl -w use strict; use Data::Dumper; my %addrRow = ( 'name' => 'Billy', 'email' => 'billy@email.com', 'city' => 'NY', 'country' => 'USA' ); $Data::Dumper::Indent = 0; $Data::Dumper::Purity = 1; my $scalar = Data::Dumper->Dump( [\%addrRow], ['*addrRow'] );