# Convert HoH into a list of arrayrefs: [value, key1, key2, ...] my @list; while (my($k1,$v1) = each(%HoH)) { while (my($k2,$v2) = each(%$v1)) { push @list, [$v2, $k1, $k2]; } } # Sort the list by its first element @list = sort { $a->[0] <=> $b->[0] } @list; # Now print the list foreach my $elt (@list) { print "@$elt\n"; }