#!/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};