#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use feature qw{ say }; my %color_of = ( apple => 'red', orange => 'orange', grape => 'purple', tomato => 'red', lettuce => 'green', peanut => 'tan', ); my $previous; for my $fruit_or_vegetable ( sort { $color_of{$a} cmp $color_of{$b} } keys %color_of ) { say "$previous before $fruit_or_vegetable" if defined $previous; $previous = $fruit_or_vegetable; }