#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w use strict; my %A=(); my %r; $r{a} = "A"; $r{b} = "B"; $r{c} = "C"; $r{d} = "D"; $r{e} = "E"; $r{f} = "F"; $r{g} = "G"; $r{h} = "H"; $r{i} = "I"; $r{j} = "J"; @A{keys %r} = keys %r; print %A, "\n";