$clocks{$pin_name}{'period'} = $Worksheet->{Cells}[$row][$clock_col]->Value; #snip foreach my $key (sort keys %clocks){ print_clock_assertions($clocks{$key},$key); } sub print_clock_assertions { my($hashref)=$_[0]; my($clock_name)=$_[1]; if($hashref->{'virtual'} eq "VIR") { etc... #### if ($Worksheet->{Cells}[$row][$jit_ear_rise_col]){ my @jit_values; foreach my $col ($jit_ear_rise_col .. $jit_late_fall_col){ push @jit_values,$Worksheet->{Cells}[$row][$col]->Value; } $clocks{$pin_name}{'jit'} = @jit_values; } my @jitter_values = $hashref->{'jit'} ; foreach (@jitter_values){print "$_\n";}