@letters = ("d","b","c","e","a","f"); @getallen = (4,6,5,2,9,1); $teller = 0; foreach $letter(@letters){ $hash{$letter}=$getallen[$teller]; $teller++; } @keyz = keys(%hash); @sorted= reverse sort(@keyz); @highest = @sorted[0..3]; foreach(@highest){ print "$_:"; print $hash{$_}; print "\n";}