Members of hash arrays are accessed by specifying the hash reference and key separated by the dot '.' operator. my $vars = { 'home' => 'http://www.myserver.com/homepage.html', 'page' => { 'this' => 'mypage.html', 'next' => 'nextpage.html', 'prev' => 'prevpage.html', }, }; template: Home Previous Page Next Page