use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my %main = ( 'main1' => {'m1sec1'=> ['A','B','C'],}, 'main2' => {'m2sec1'=> ['D','E','F'],},); my @seed = ( 'X','Y','Z' ); foreach my $mn ( keys %main ) { foreach my $msec ( sort keys %{$main{$mn}} ) { my $store = $main{"${mn}-join"}{$msec} = []; foreach my $val1 ( @{$main{$mn}{$msec}} ) { foreach my $val2 ( @seed ) { foreach my $val3 ( @seed ) { push(@$store, "$val1$val2$val3"); } } } } } # Show updated %main. print(Dumper(\%main));