#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $hash_ref = set_up(); foreach my $key (keys %{$hash_ref}) { my $val = $hash_ref->{$key}; if (ref($val)) { print "total '$key' = ", scalar @{$val}, "\n"; foreach my $act (@{$val}) { print "\t$act\n"; } } else { print "$key - $val\n"; } } sub set_up { return { one => "cat", two => "dog", actions => [ "feed", "walk", "pet", "groom" ], }; }