for (0..15) { $a{'a'}{$_} = 0; print scalar %{$a{'a'}}, "\n"; } #### 1/8 2/8 3/8 3/8 3/8 4/8 5/8 6/8 8/16 9/16 10/16 11/16 11/16 11/16 12/16 15/32 #### print scalar @{[%{$a{'a'}}]}, "\n";