use Elric::Lexicon; my %lexicon = (); ... $lexicon{'EN'} = Elric::Lexicon->new; $lexicon{'EN'}->bind('rdbm', 'EN'); ... my $mind_units = 0; foreach (sort keys %lexicon) { # iterate all present lexica &message("Lexicon $_:\t"); # name the current lexicon $mind_units += $lexicon{$_}->info(); # print information about its internals }