my $VAR1 = { '99155' => { 'PR' => { state_name => 'Puerto Rico', county_names_all => 'Adjuntas|Utuado', }, }, }; my $v0 = $VAR1; while ( my ($k1,$v1) = each %$v0 ) { while ( my ($k2,$v2) = each %$v1 ) { while ( my ($k3,$v3) = each %$v2 ) { print "\$VAR1->{$k1}{$k2}{$k3} => '$v3'\n" } } } #### $VAR1->{99155}{PR}{state_name} => 'Puerto Rico' $VAR1->{99155}{PR}{county_names_all} => 'Adjuntas|Utuado' #### my $v2 = [ 'state_name=Puerto Rico', 'county_names_all=Adjuntas|Utuado', ]; my %h3 = map { split /=/,$_,2 } @$v2; print Dumper \%h3; #### $VAR1 = { 'state_name' => 'Puerto Rico', 'county_names_all' => 'Adjuntas|Utuado' }; #### my $v2 = [ 'state_name=Puerto Rico', 'county_names_all=Adjuntas|Utuado', ]; while ( my ($k3,$v3) = each @$v2 ) { print "\$v2->[$k3] => '$v3'\n" } #### $v2->[0] => 'state_name=Puerto Rico' $v2->[1] => 'county_names_all=Adjuntas|Utuado'