#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use autodie; use Data::Dumper; my %cities = ( Tucson => 'AZ', Boston => 'MA', Jackson => 'MS', Dixon => 'NM', Denton => 'TX', Cincinnati => 'OH', ); print Dumper(\%cities); foreach my $place (sort { $cities{$a} cmp $cities{$b} } keys %cities) { my $state = $cities{$place} ; print "$place, $state \n"; }