use strict; use warnings; 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' ], }, ); # sikl stands for "sorted inner key lists" # @sikl is a SAoSA: a sorted array of sorted arrays my @sikl = map sort_inner( [ keys %{ $HoHoA{ $_->[ 0 ] } } ] ), sort { $a->[ 1 ] <=> $b->[ 1 ] } map [ $_, substr( $_, 3 ) ], keys %HoHoA; for my $i ( 0..$#sikl-1 ) { my $si = $sikl[ $i ]; for my $j ( $i+1..$#sikl ) { my $sj = $sikl[ $j ]; for my $ki ( @$si ) { for my $kj ( @$sj ) { print "$ki - $kj\n"; } } } } sub sort_inner { return [ map $_->[ 0 ], sort { $a->[ 1 ] <=> $b->[ 1 ] || $a->[ 2 ] <=> $b->[ 2 ] } map [ $_, /\d+/g ], @{ $_[ 0 ] } ] } __END__ #### key1_set1 - key1_set2 key1_set1 - key2_set2 key2_set1 - key1_set2 key2_set1 - key2_set2 key1_set1 - key1_set3 key1_set1 - key2_set3 key2_set1 - key1_set3 key2_set1 - key2_set3 key1_set1 - key1_set4 key1_set1 - key2_set4 key1_set1 - key3_set4 key2_set1 - key1_set4 key2_set1 - key2_set4 key2_set1 - key3_set4 key1_set2 - key1_set3 key1_set2 - key2_set3 key2_set2 - key1_set3 key2_set2 - key2_set3 key1_set2 - key1_set4 key1_set2 - key2_set4 key1_set2 - key3_set4 key2_set2 - key1_set4 key2_set2 - key2_set4 key2_set2 - key3_set4 key1_set3 - key1_set4 key1_set3 - key2_set4 key1_set3 - key3_set4 key2_set3 - key1_set4 key2_set3 - key2_set4 key2_set3 - key3_set4