my @hash_refs = keys %{$VAR1}; #### #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $VAR1 = { '365' => { foo=>1, bar=>2 }, '302' => {} }; my @hash_refs = keys %{$VAR1}; print "My hash refs are: ".join (', ',@hash_refs)."\n"; print "The value of my hash refs are: ".join(', ', values %{$VAR1})."\n\n"; my %tmp = %$VAR1; print "'bar' in '365' is: ".$tmp{'365'}->{bar}."\n";