#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my %hash; $hash{'1.dim'}{'2.dim1'}="wert1"; $hash{'1.dim'}{'2.dim2'}="wert2"; $hash{'1.dim'}{'2.dim3'}="wert3"; $hash{'1.dim'}{'2.dim4'}="wert4"; print Dumper \%hash; $hash{'1.dim'}="wert"; print Dumper \%hash;