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