There is no order in a hash. I wouldn't call a hash array as its confusing personally. If you require order then you can either add another sort to your hash i.e. make it 3 level with a numerical sort. Or use a list with a list of hashes. You can also use Tie::Hash
-----Original Message----- From: sivasakthi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 June 2007 11:36 To: beginners perl Subject: What is order of retrieving the values from Hash?? Hi Guys... I have checked the following file.. #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my ($a,$b); my %array = ("jan",1,"Feb",2,"Mar",3); while (($a,$b)= each(%array)) {print $a.$b. "\n";} the output is like that, jan1 Mar3 Feb2 What is order of retrieving the values from Hash?? Thanks, Siva This e-mail is from the PA Group. For more information, see www.thepagroup.com. This e-mail may contain confidential information. Only the addressee is permitted to read, copy, distribute or otherwise use this email or any attachments. If you have received it in error, please contact the sender immediately. Any opinion expressed in this e-mail is personal to the sender and may not reflect the opinion of the PA Group. Any e-mail reply to this address may be subject to interception or monitoring for operational reasons or for lawful business practices. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
