my %enum = (Russ 	     => 1,
	      Anonymous Monk => 2,
	      vroom 	     => 3);

  $enum{Russ}; 		 # value is 1
  $enum{Anonymous Monk}; # value is 2
  $enum{vroom}; 	 # value is 3

##</code><code>##

  my %enum = (1 => 'Russ',
	      2 => 'Anonymous Monk');
  # Imagining a switch statement (but not wanting to show
  # a perl-ified way to do that...)
  if ($enum{$AnotherVar} eq 'Russ'){
    doSomething();
  }