for my $key (keys %hash) { my ($root_value, $subtree) = @{$hash{$key}}; print "$key $root_value\n"; for my $subtree_key (keys %$subtree) { my ($subtree_root_value, $subtree_subtree) = @{$subtree->{$subtree_key}}; print "$key $subtree_key $subtree_root_value\n"; for my $bottom_level_key (keys %$subtree_subtree) { print "$key $subtree_key $bottom_level_key ", $subtree_subtree->{$bottom_level_key}, "\n"; } } } __END__ tree 4 tree apple 6 tree apple fuju 4 tree apple red 9