my $h1; my $h2; $h2->{'bar'} = 1; $h1->{'foo'} = $h2; #### void mhash1(key1, h1) char* key1 HV* h1 CODE: I32 klen1 = strlen(key1); if ( hv_exists(h1, key1, klen1) ) { } #### void mhash2(key1, h1, key2) char* key1 char* key2 HV* h1 CODE: I32 klen1 = strlen(key1); I32 klen2 = strlen(key2); if ( hv_exists(h1, key1, klen1) ) { SV** h2r = hv_fetch(h1, key1, klen1, 0); HV* h2 = (HV*)*h2r; if ( hv_exists(h2, key2, klen2) ) { printf("%s\n", "found it!"); } } #### #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use MyTest; my $h1; my $h2; $h2->{'bar'} = 1; $h1->{'foo'} = $h2; MyTest::mhash2('foo', $h1, 'bar');