#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my %hash1=("A"=>1); my %hash2=("B"=>2); foreach my $hashref (\%hash1,\%hash2) { print "$hashref:",ref($hashref),":",(join ",",sort keys %{$hashref}),"\n"; #### HASH(0x2002a3d0):HASH:A HASH(0x2002a418):HASH:B #### hash1:A hash2:B