c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my %alphas = ('a' .. 'x'); print qq{@{[ %alphas ]}}; ;; %alphas = sort keys %alphas; print qq{@{[ %alphas ]}}; " w x e f a b m n s t u v c d k l q r g h i j o p e g a c m o u w q s i k