for my $aref (values %alphabet) { say for @$aref; } #### ... use Data::Dumper; print Dumper \%alphabet; #### $VAR1 = { 'SCALAR(0x783790)' => [ '1', '2', '3', '4' ], 'SCALAR(0x783e50)' => [ '9', '8', '7', '6' ] };