use strict; use warnings; my %known = ( "foo" => "FOO", "bar" => "BAR", "baz" => "BAZ", ); while ( ) { chomp; my $input = $_; for ( keys %known ) { if ( lc($input) eq $_ ) { print "You gave us $input, which equates to " . $known{lc($input)}; print ". Have a nice day\n"; } } }