my @bb = 1..10; my %bb = @bb; require Data::Dumper; print Data::Dumper::Dumper(\%bb); #### $VAR1 = { '9' => 10, '5' => 6, '7' => 8, '3' => 4, '1' => 2 }; #### while (my ($key, $value) = each %bb) { print qq{$key contains $value\n}; } #### 3 contains 4 7 contains 8 5 contains 6 9 contains 10 1 contains 2 #### printf qq{\n'keys' over "%s"\n}, join q{, }, @bb; foreach my $key (keys %{ {@bb} }) { printf qq{$key contains %s\n}, $bb{$key}; } printf qq{\n'values' over "%s"\n}, join q{, }, @bb; foreach my $value (values %{ {@bb} }) { printf qq{key contains %s\n}, $value; } #### 'keys' over "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10" 7 contains 8 9 contains 10 1 contains 2 5 contains 6 3 contains 4 'values' over "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10" key contains 6 key contains 10 key contains 2 key contains 4 key contains 8