sub _exists { my ($hash, @keys, @exists) = @_; if (exists $hash->{$keys[0]}) { my $key = shift @keys; push @exists, 1, _exists($hash->{$key}, @keys); } return @exists; } sub exists_keys { return &_exists == $#_ ? 1 : (); } my %hash; #$hash{a}{b}{c} = undef; if (exists_keys(\%hash, qw(a b c))) { print "Exists.\n"; } else { print "Doesn't exists.\n"; }