#!/usr/local/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; print Dumper \%ENV; my %japan = ( tokyo => ["gotanda","shibuya"], osaka => "shinsaibashi", okinawa => ["naha",yomitan"], hokkaido => ["sapporo","obihiro"], fukuoka => "hakata", ); my $japan_ref = \%japan; print ${$japan_ref}{tokyo};