#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my %hash = ( "Usb1" => "Usb2,Usb3", "Usb2" => "val1,val2,Usb4", "Usb3" => "val3", "Usb4" => "val4" ); say_values(\%hash, "Usb1"); say_values(\%hash, "Usb2"); sub say_values { print_values(@_); print "\n"; } sub print_values { my ($hash_ref, $key) = @_; return unless exists $hash_ref->{$key}; my @values = split ",", $hash_ref->{$key}; foreach my $index (0..$#values) { print $values[$index]; if(exists $hash_ref->{$values[$index]}) { print "["; print_values($hash_ref, $values[$index]); print "]"; } print "," unless $index == $#values; } }