I have a hash with entries composed of records as illustrated in the following:

$record = { 
  EMPLOYER => "company name",
  EMPLOYEES => ["john", "fred", ...],
  EMPLOYEES_FAMILY_MEMBERS => {"susan", "bill"},
};

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The hash key is the EMPLOYER (i.e.,)

  %CompanyInfo{ $record->{EMPLOYER} } = $record;

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I want to find all records (by key) that have

EMPLOYEES =~ m/jim/ and EMPLOYEES_FAMILY_MEMBERS =~ m/bill/.

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Is there a way to do this w/o a loop? Using grep?

I can search the keys using: 

@employer = grep{$_ =~ m/Name/} keys %CompanyInfo;

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I don't know how to perform this type of search "deeper into the hash" (e.g., with arrays or hashes within the $CompanyInfo hash).

Thanks

In reply to Searching hashes of hashes ... by chenho

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