$_='rotohotel'; my $len; my %f=map {rand() . '|' . $len++ => $_} split //; print join('', values %f), "\n"; #### %hash = map { $_ => $_ } qw(m i f e z l x v b r d o h y j q s t k n g c a p w u); print(join('', values(%hash)), "\n"); # prints: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz SORTED %hash = map { $_ => $_ } qw(m i f e z l x 2 v b r d o h y j q s t k n g c a p w u); print(join('', values(%hash)), "\n"); # prints: abcdefghijklmnop2qrstuvwxyz NOT SORTED %hash = map { $_ => $_ } qw(6 3 5 0 1 2 9 8 7 4); print(join('', values(%hash)), "\n"); # prints: 0123456789 SORTED %hash = map { $_ => $_ } qw(6 3 5 0 34 1 2 33 9 8 7 4); print(join(':', values(%hash)), "\n"); # prints: 0:1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8:9:33:34 SORTED %hash = map { $_ => $_ } qw(a aaaaaaa aaaa aaa aa aaaaa aaaaaaaaaa); print(join(':', values(%hash)), "\n"); # prints: aa:aaaaaaa:a:aaaaaaaaaa:aaaaa:aaaa:aaa NOT SORTED