my %lookup = ( 1 => { 90 => 'Win ME', 10 => 'Win 98', }, 2 => { 3 => 'Win NT 3.51', 4 => 'Win NT 4.0', 5 => { 0 => 'Win 2k', 1 => 'Win XP', }, }, ); my $os = $lookup{$id}->{$minor}; $os = $os->{$major} if $minor == 5; $os ||= 'Unknown Win32s flavor'; print "$os, $major.$minor\n";