use strict; my $weapons_ref = { dagger => { cost => 8, damage => 4, armor => 0 }, shortsword => { cost => 10, damage => 5, armor => 0 }, warhammer => { cost => 25, damage => 6, armor => 0 }, longsword => { cost => 40, damage => 7, armor => 0 }, greataxe => { cost => 74, damage => 8, armor => 0 }, }; my $sum_cost; my $sum_damage; my $sum_armor; map { $sum_damage += $weapons_ref->{$_}->{damage}; $sum_cost += $weapons_ref->{$_}->{cost}; $sum_armor += $weapons_ref->{$_}->{armor} } keys %{ $weapons_ref }; print join(' ',$sum_cost, $sum_damage, $sum_armor), '\n'; #### 157 30 0 #### use strict; use Data::Dumper; my $weapons_ref = { dagger => { cost => 8, damage => 4, armor => 0 }, shortsword => { cost => 10, damage => 5, armor => 0 }, warhammer => { cost => 25, damage => 6, armor => 0 }, longsword => { cost => 40, damage => 7, armor => 0 }, greataxe => { cost => 74, damage => 8, armor => 0 }, }; my $sum_result; my @sum_fields = qw/cost damage armor/; map { my $name = $_; map { $sum_result->{$_} += $weapons_ref->{$name}->{$_} } @sum_fields } keys %{ $weapons_ref }; print Dumper($sum_result); #### $VAR1 = { 'armor' => 0, 'cost' => 157, 'damage' => 30 };