my $sqldata = [ { pageid => 1, level => 1, under => 0, pagename => 'Groups' }, { pageid => 2, level => 1, under => 0, pagename => 'About' }, { pageid => 5, level => 3, under => 4, pagename => 'Tea' }, { pageid => 4, level => 2, under => 1, pagename => 'Womens' }, { pageid => 6, level => 4, under => 5, pagename => 'Registration' }, { pageid => 7, level => 2, under => 1, pagename => 'Mens' }, { pageid => 8, level => 3, under => 4, pagename => 'Retreat' } ]; #level = hierarchy, #under = page that this page falls under my @tree; for my $i ( 0 .. $#$sqldata ) { if ($sqldata->[$i]{under} == 0 ) { push (@tree, $sqldata->[$i]); } for my $j ( 0 .. $#$sqldata ) { if ($sqldata->[$j]{under} == $sqldata->[$i]{pageid} && $sqldata->[$j]{level} == 2) { $sqldata->[$j]{tab} = 1; push (@tree, $sqldata->[$j]); for my $k ( 0 .. $#$sqldata ) { if ($sqldata->[$k]{under} == $sqldata->[$j]{pageid} && $sqldata->[$k]{level} == 3) { $sqldata->[$k]{tab} = 2; push (@tree, $sqldata->[$k]); for my $l ( 0 .. $#$sqldata ) { if ($sqldata->[$l]{under} == $sqldata->[$k]{pageid} && $sqldata->[$l]{level} == 4) { $sqldata->[$l]{tab} = 3; push (@tree, $sqldata->[$l]); } } } } } } } for ( 0 .. $#tree ) { if ( $tree[$_]{tab} == 1 ) { print "---" } if ( $tree[$_]{tab} == 2 ) { print "------" } if ( $tree[$_]{tab} == 3 ) { print "---------" } print $tree[$_]{pagename}."
"; } OUTPUT: Groups ---Womens ------Tea ---------Registration ------Retreat ---Mens About