#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my %keys; $keys{'C10'}->{'C10-1'}=1; $keys{'C10'}->{'C10-2'}=1; $keys{'C10'}->{'C10-20'}=1; $keys{'C10'}->{'C10-3'}=1; $keys{'C200'}->{'C200-1'}=1; $keys{'C200'}->{'C200-20'}=1; $keys{'C200'}->{'C200-3'}=1; $keys{'C200'}->{'C200-21'}=1; $keys{'C30'}->{'C30-1'}=1; $keys{'C30'}->{'C30-2'}=1; $keys{'C30'}->{'C30-30'}=1; $keys{'C30'}->{'C30-4'}=1; sub sorted { return map { $_->[0] } sort { $a->[1] <=> $b->[1] || $a->[2] <=> $b->[2] } map { [ $_, split("-", substr($_,1)) ] } @_; } foreach my $key (sorted(keys %keys)) { print "'$key' => ", $keys{$key}, "\n"; foreach my $subkey (sorted(keys %{$keys{$key}})) { print " '$subkey' => $keys{$key}->{$subkey}\n"; } }