#!/usr/bin/perl use utf8; use Encode; use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $locale = "EN"; my $setSwitchName = "UNINSTALL"; my $content = { 'EN' => { 'SWITCH' => { 'INSTALL' => { 'ACTION' => 'a1', 'ICONID' => 'i1', 'CAPTION' => 'c1', 'DIZ' => 'd1' }, 'UNINSTALL' => { 'ACTION' => 'a2', 'ICONID' => 'i2', 'CAPTION' => 'c2', 'DIZ' => 'd2' } }, 'ACTION' => 'a3', 'ICONID' => 'i3', 'CAPTION' => 'c3', 'DIZ' => 'd3' } }; my $switchValues = $content->{$locale}->{'SWITCH'}; print ("switchValues=".Dumper($switchValues)."\n"); my $setSwitchValue = $switchValues->{$setSwitchName}; my $tmpContent = $setSwitchValue; $tmpContent->{'SWITCH'} = $switchValues; my $newContent->{$locale} = $tmpContent; print ("newContent=".Dumper($newContent));