#!perl use strict; use warnings; my $href = { '6' => '154', '4' => '152', '1' => '80', '3' => '151', '8' => '150' }; my $key = (sort {$a <=> $b} keys %$href)[0]; my $value = $href->{$key}; print "$key => $value\n"; __END__ 1 => 80