my %baseball = ( mets => "new york", orioles => "baltimore", twins => "minnesota" ); if ( $baseball{yankees}=$baseball{yankees}.$baseball{mets} ) { foreach $_ (keys %baseball) { print "$_ => $baseball{$_}\n"; } } #### Use of uninitialized value in concatenation(.)or string at /test.pl line 13. orioles => baltimore yankees => new york twins => minnesota mets => new york