%test = ( a => 1, b => 2, c => 3, d => 4, e => 5, f => 6, g => 7, h => 8, i => 9, j => 10, ); delete $test{each( %test )}; delete $test{each( %test )}; delete $test{each( %test )}; print map "$_ : $test{$_}\n", keys %test;