my %hash; $hash{$_->{'type'}} {$_->{'name'}} = $_->{'reference'} for @$array; #$hash{$_->{'type'}}{ $_->{'name'} }for @$array; print "Results:\n"; for my $k1 (sort keys %hash) { print " $k1:\n"; for my $k2 (sort keys %{$hash{$k1}}) { print " $k2\n"; } }