#!/usr/bin/perl $input=''; %nme=(); $fn=''; $ln=''; while() { print "enter the name\n"; chomp($input=); if($input ne '') { ($fn,$ln)=split('',$input); print "$fn, $ln\n"; $nme{$ln}=$fn; } else { last; } foreach $lastname(sort keys %nme) { print "$lastname, $nme{$lastname}\n"; }