#! /usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use feature qw{ say }; use Data::Diver qw{ Dive }; use Data::Dumper; my $h1 = {}; my $h2 = {a => {b => {c => 42}}}; for my $h ($h1, $h2) { say "Found $h->{a}{b}{c}" if Dive($h, qw( a b c )); } print Dumper $h1, $h2;