How do I initialize values in a hash without a loop?

Question

I am trying to figure out a way to initialize a hash without having to go through a loop. I was hoping to use slices for that, but it doesn\'t seem to produce the expected resul

Answer 1

    %hash = ('current_symbol' => 'BLR', 'currency_name' => 'Real'); 

or

my %hash = ();
my @fields = ('currency_symbol', 'currency_name');
my @array = ('BRL','Real');
@hash{@fields} = @array x @fields;