$VAR1 = { 'group2' => { 'strain5' => 1, 'strain3' => 1, 'strain4' => 1 }, 'group1' => { 'strain2' => 1, 'strain4' => 1, 'strain1' => 1 }, 'group3' => { 'strain7' => 1, 'strain6' => 1 } }; $VAR1 = [ [ 'strain7', 'group3', 'strain6' ], [ 'strain3', 'group2', 'strain5', 'strain4', 'group1', 'strain1', 'strain2' ] ];