#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

my %hoh = (
  flasha => { dd1 => 1, dd2 => 2, dd3 => 3, dd4 => 4 },
  flashb => { gg1 => 1, gg2 => 2, gg3 => 3, gg4 => 4 },
  flashc => { cc1 => 1, cc2 => 2, cc3 => 3, cc4 => 4 },
);

for ([qw(flasha dd4)], [qw(glashz gg2)], [qw(flashc zz)], [qw(flashc cc1)]) {
  my ($array_name, $to_find) = @$_ ;
  if (exists $hoh{$array_name}->{$to_find}) {
    print( "$array_name contains $to_find\n" );
  }
}