[one] size = 1,2,3,4 root = C:\test [two] colors = red,blue,green code = %root%\code1 #### use Config::IniHash qw(ReadINI); use Data::Dumper; $config = ReadINI('testiINI.ini', systemvars => 0, forValue => sub { my ($name, $value, $sectionname, $INIhashref) = @_; next if /^(#.*)?$/; $value =~ s{%(?:\[([^\]%]+)\])?([^%]*)%}{ print "for value: $value this is 1: $1 this is 2: $2 \n\n"; if ($2 eq '') { '%' } elsif ($1 eq '') { $INIhashref->{$sectionname}{$2} } else { $INIhashref->{$1}{$2} } }ge; return $value; } ); foreach my $Section (values %$config) { foreach my $value ( qw( colors size ) ) { $Section->{$value} = [split /\s*,\s*/, $Section->{$value}]; } }