use strict; use warnings; my %upload = (1 => 'one', 2 => 'two', 3 => 'three', 5 => 'five', 9 => 'nine', 10 => 'ten'); my @keys = sort {$a <=> $b} keys %upload; my %lookup = map { $keys[$_] => { prev => $_ ? $keys[$_ - 1] : undef, next => $_ != $#keys ? $keys[$_ + 1] : undef, } } 0 .. $#keys; for my $key (1, 5, 10) { if (defined $lookup{$key}{next}) { print "$lookup{$key}{next} follows $key\n"; } else { print "$key is the last item\n"; } if (defined $lookup{$key}{prev}) { print "$lookup{$key}{prev} precedes $key\n"; } else { print "$key is the first item\n"; } }