#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w use strict; # init use Tie::IxHash; tie %keyvals, "Tie::IxHash"; # insert the keys $keyvals{"First"} = "12345"; $keyvals{"Second"}= "23456"; $keyvals{"Third"} = "34567"; $keyvals{"Fourth"}= "45678"; $keyvals{"Fifth"} = "56789"; # delete first three keyvals delete @keyvals{ (sort keys %keyvals)[0..2] }; # print it out print map "$_ : $keyvals{$_}\n", keys %keyvals;