my %h = (one=>2,three=>4,five=>6,seven=>8,nine=>0); print "$_\n" for (@h{qw/five nine one seven three/})' #### 6 0 2 8 4 #### my %h = (one=>2,three=>4,five=>6,seven=>8,nine=>0); print "$_ => $h{$_}\n" for (qw/five nine one seven three/); #### five => 6 nine => 0 one => 2 seven => 8 three => 4