#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; sub traverse($); #my $hash = { # key0 => 'value0', # key1 => { key2 => 'value2' }, # key3 => { key4 => 'value4', key5 => { key6 => 'value6' } } #}; my %hash; $hash{key0} = 'value0'; $hash{key1}{key2} = 'value2'; $hash{key3}{key4} = 'value4'; $hash{key3}{key5}{key6} = 'value6'; traverse(\%hash); sub traverse($) { my $r = shift; if (ref($r) eq 'HASH') { for my $v (values %$r) { traverse($v); } } elsif (ref($r) eq 'SCALAR') { print "SCALAR:\t'$r'\n"; } elsif (ref($r) eq 'ARRAY') { print "ARRAY:\t'$r'\n"; } elsif (ref($r) eq 'REF') { print "REF:\t'$r'\n"; } elsif (ref($r) eq 'LVALUE') { print "LVALUE:\t'$r'\n"; } elsif (ref($r) eq 'CODE') { print "CODE:\t'$r'\n"; } elsif (ref($r) eq 'GLOB') { print "GLOB:\t'$r'\n"; } else { print "unexpected value:\t'$r'\n" } }