DB<140> sub gen { my $href=shift; return sub { join " => ", each %$href } } DB<141> $iter1 =gen \%h; $iter2 =gen \%h DB<142> @h{a..d}=1..4 => (1, 2, 3, 4) DB<143> print &$iter1,"\t" for 1..3 a => 1 d => 4 c => 3 DB<144> print &$iter2,"\t" for 1..3 b => 2 a => 1 DB<145> print &$iter1,"\t" for 1..3 d => 4 c => 3 b => 2 DB<146> print &$iter2,"\t" for 1..3 a => 1 d => 4 #### lanx@nc10-ubuntu:~/perl$ perl -version This is perl, v5.10.0 built for i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi