use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my %main = ( 'main1' => {'m1sec1'=> ['A','B','C'],}, 'main2' => {'m2sec1'=> ['D','E','F'],},); my %seed = ( 'seed' => {'seed1'=> ['X','Y','Z']},); foreach my $mn ( keys %main ) { my $joined = $main{"$mn-join"} = {}; foreach my $msec ( sort keys %{$main{$mn}} ) { my $store = $joined->{$msec} = []; foreach my $valmain( @{$main{$mn}{$msec}} ) { foreach my $sd ( keys %seed ) { foreach my $sdsub ( sort keys %{$seed{$sd}} ) { foreach my $valseed ( @{$seed{$sd}{$sdsub}} ) { push @$store, $valmain.$valseed; } } } } } } print Dumper \%main ;