#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use DBI; use Data::Dumper; my $data =[ { Ad1 => '20 SOUTH CENTRAL #B3', status => 'Main', City => 'NY', zCode => '0002', name => 'John D' }, { Ad1 => '15 SOUTH CENTRAL #B4', status => 'Property', City => 'NY', zCode => '0002', name => 'John V' }, { Ad1 => '100 main St.', status => 'Houses', City => 'BO', zCode => '0007', name => 'Mary Due' }, { Ad1 => '5540 Chelsea Avenue', status => 'Cabin', City => 'NE', zCode => '4562', name => 'Carly Simon' }, ]; my %last_houses; foreach my $hr_row (@$data) { if ($hr_row->{ 'status' } eq 'Houses') { @last_houses { qw(new_name new_aA1 new_City new_zCode) } = @{ $hr_row }{ qw(name Ad1 City zCode ) }; } } foreach my $hr_row (@$data) { if ($hr_row->{ 'status' } eq 'Main') { %$hr_row = (%$hr_row, %last_houses); } } print Dumper $data; =code $VAR1 = [ { 'new_City' => 'BO', 'status' => 'Main', 'name' => 'John D', 'City' => 'NY', 'new_aA1' => '100 main St.', 'new_zCode' => '0007', 'Ad1' => '20 SOUTH CENTRAL #B3', 'zCode' => '0002', 'new_name' => 'Mary Due' }, { 'status' => 'Property', 'name' => 'John V', 'Ad1' => '15 SOUTH CENTRAL #B4', 'City' => 'NY', 'zCode' => '0002' }, { 'status' => 'Houses', 'name' => 'Mary Due', 'Ad1' => '100 main St.', 'City' => 'BO', 'zCode' => '0007' }, { 'status' => 'Cabin', 'name' => 'Carly Simon', 'Ad1' => '5540 Chelsea Avenue', 'City' => 'NE', 'zCode' => '4562' } ]; =cut