A selection of hash slices and stuff for future reference..
my $x = [0,1,2,3,4,5];
print @$x[2,3]
my $array = [qw(aaa bbbb ccc ddd ee ffff ggg hhhhh)];
@$array[2..3] = (qw(ccc1 ddd2));
print @$array;
my @slice = @$hashref{ qw(a d) };
my $array = [[qw(aaa bbbb ccc ddd ee ffff ggg hhhhh)]];
@{$array->[0]}[2..3] = (qw(ccc1 ddd2));
print @{$array->[0]};'
my @array = @{$hash}{@keys};
See also :
http://perldoc.perl.org/perlcheat.html