my $sales = { monday => { jim => [ 2 ], mary => [ 1, 3, 7 ] }, tuesday => { jim => [ 3, 8 ], mary => [ 5, 5 ] }, wednesday => { jim => [ 7, 0 ], mary => [ 3 ] }, thursday => { jim => [ 4 ], mary => [ 5, 7, 2, 5, 2 ] }, friday => { jim => [ 1, 1, 5 ], mary => [ 2 ] }, }; my $commissions = $sales->{tuesday}{jim}; my $num_sales = @$commissions; my $total = 0; foreach (@$commissions) { $total += $_; } print "Jim made $num_sales sales on Tuesday and earned \$$total commission\n";