use 5.026; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my @servers = ( { Host => q{server04}, GroupName => q{serversB}, }, { Host => q{server02}, GroupName => q{serversC}, }, { Host => q{server04}, GroupName => q{serversA}, }, { Host => q{server02}, GroupName => q{serversD}, }, { Host => q{server02}, GroupName => q{serversB}, }, { Host => q{server02}, GroupName => q{serversA}, }, { Host => q{server03}, GroupName => q{serversC}, }, { Host => q{server04}, GroupName => q{serversC}, }, ); my %inGroups; foreach my $rhServer ( @servers ) { push @{ $inGroups{ $rhServer->{ Host } } }, $rhServer->{ GroupName }; } say Data::Dumper ->new( [ \ %inGroups ], [ qw{ *inGroups } ] ) ->Sortkeys( 1 ) ->Dumpxs(); say qq{Server $_ is in groups }, join q{, }, sort @{ $inGroups{ $_ } } for sort keys %inGroups; #### %inGroups = ( 'server02' => [ 'serversC', 'serversD', 'serversB', 'serversA' ], 'server03' => [ 'serversC' ], 'server04' => [ 'serversB', 'serversA', 'serversC' ] ); Server server02 is in groups serversA, serversB, serversC, serversD Server server03 is in groups serversC Server server04 is in groups serversA, serversB, serversC