#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use HTML::Template; my $template = " "; my $tree = [ { 'value' => 'a', 'depth' => 1 }, { 'value' => 'b', 'depth' => 1 }, { 'value' => 'b1', 'depth' => 2 }, { 'value' => 'b2', 'depth' => 2 }, { 'value' => 'c', 'depth' => 1 }, { 'value' => 'c1', 'depth' => 2 }, { 'value' => 'c1.1', 'depth' => 3 }, { 'value' => 'd', 'depth' => 1 } ]; for my $i (0 .. $#$tree) { my $delta; if (defined($tree->[$i+1])) { $delta = $tree->[$i+1]->{'depth'} - $tree->[$i]->{'depth'}; } else { $delta = - $tree->[$i]->{'depth'}; } if ($delta > 0) { push(@{$tree->[$i]->{'open'}},{}) for (1 .. $delta); } elsif ($delta < 0) { push(@{$tree->[$i]->{'close'}},{}) for ($delta .. -1); } } my $html_template = HTML::Template->new( scalarref => \$template, loop_context_vars => 1); $html_template->param('tree' => $tree); print $html_template->output;