my %HoHoA = ( 'set1' => { 'key1_set1' => [ 'some arrays' ], 'key2_set1' => [ 'some arrays' ], }, 'set2' => { 'key1_set2' => [ 'some arrays' ], 'key2_set2' => [ 'some arrays' ], }, 'set3' => { 'key1_set3' => [ 'some arrays' ], 'key2_set3' => [ 'some arrays' ], }, 'set4' => { 'key1_set4' => [ 'some arrays' ], 'key2_set4' => [ 'some arrays' ], 'key3_set4' => [ 'some arrays' ], }, );