use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $weapons_ref = { dagger => { cost => 8, damage => 4, armor => 0 }, shortsword => { cost => 10, damage => 5, armor => 1 }, warhammer => { cost => 25, damage => 6, armor => 2 }, longsword => { cost => 40, damage => 7, armor => 0 }, greataxe => { cost => 74, damage => 8, armor => 0 }, }; print Dumper($weapons_ref); # Print by hand so it looks a bit prettier. :) for my $weapon ( sort keys %{$weapons_ref} ) { printf "%-14.14s\n", $weapon . ( '-' x 20 ); for my $attr ( sort keys %{ $weapons_ref->{$weapon} } ) { printf " %-8.8s:%3d\n", $attr, $weapons_ref->{$weapon}{$attr}; } } #### $VAR1 = { 'dagger' => { 'cost' => 8, 'armor' => 0, 'damage' => 4 }, 'greataxe' => { 'damage' => 8, 'armor' => 0, 'cost' => 74 }, 'warhammer' => { 'armor' => 2, 'damage' => 6, 'cost' => 25 }, 'shortsword' => { 'damage' => 5, 'armor' => 1, 'cost' => 10 }, 'longsword' => { 'cost' => 40, 'damage' => 7, 'armor' => 0 } }; dagger-------- armor : 0 cost : 8 damage : 4 greataxe------ armor : 0 cost : 74 damage : 8 longsword----- armor : 0 cost : 40 damage : 7 shortsword---- armor : 1 cost : 10 damage : 5 warhammer----- armor : 2 cost : 25 damage : 6