DB<3> p $a olivia-niels-peter-lars-niels-lars-olivia-olivia DB<4> @hash{ split '-',$a } = () DB<5> x keys %hash 0 'lars' 1 'niels' 2 'peter' 3 'olivia' DB<6> p join '-', keys %hash lars-niels-peter-olivia DB<7>