#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Data::Dumper; my %h; push @{$h{CUST}}, { NAME => 'Mr.y', ADD => 'Hell', }; push @{$h{CUST}}, { NAME => 'Mr.z', ADD => 'Hell', }; push @{$h{ADMIN}}, { NAME => 'Mr.x', ADD => 'Hell', }; print Dumper \%h; foreach my $href ( @{$h{CUST}}) { print " CUST NAME: $href->{NAME} \n"; } __END__ $VAR1 = { 'ADMIN' => [ { 'NAME' => 'Mr.x', 'ADD' => 'Hell' } ], 'CUST' => [ { 'NAME' => 'Mr.y', 'ADD' => 'Hell' }, { 'NAME' => 'Mr.z', 'ADD' => 'Hell' } ] }; CUST NAME: Mr.y CUST NAME: Mr.z #### #one way for initial structure foreach my $aref ( @{$h{CUST}}) { print " CUST NAME: $aref->[0]->{NAME} \n"; } #another way for initial structure foreach my $href (map{$_->[0]} @{$h{CUST}}) { print " CUST NAME: $href->{NAME} \n"; }