%myarray = (vlans => {[ {number => "112", name => "JP-WIRELESS", description => "JP-WIRELESS", ip => "192.168.207.1", mask=> "255.255.255.0" }, {number => "2113", name => "JP-IDF1-DATA", description => "JP-IDF1-DATA", ip => "10.136.113.1", mask=> "255.255.255.0" } ]} ); sub print_array { unlink "vlandatabase.txt"; open (MYFILE,'>',"vlandatabase.txt"); print MYFILE %myarray; print MYFILE "VLAN number:$myarray{vlans}[0]{number}\n"; print MYFILE "VLAN name:$myarray{vlans}[0]{name}\n"; print MYFILE "VLAN description:$myarray{vlans}[0]{description}\n"; print MYFILE "VLAN ip address:$myarray{vlans}[0]{ip}\n"; print MYFILE "VLAN subnet mask:$myarray{vlans}[0]{mask}\n"; close MYFILE; }