c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -MData::Dumper -le "my %cities = ( Tucson => 'AZ', Boston => 'MA', Jackson => 'MS', Dixon => 'NM', Denton => 'TX', Cincinnati => 'OH', ); print Dumper(\%cities); foreach my $place (sort keys %cities) { my $state = $cities{$place} ; print \"$place, $state \n\"; } " $VAR1 = { 'Cincinnati' => 'OH', 'Tucson' => 'AZ', 'Dixon' => 'NM', 'Jackson' => 'MS', 'Denton' => 'TX', 'Boston' => 'MA' }; Boston, MA Cincinnati, OH Denton, TX Dixon, NM Jackson, MS Tucson, AZ