#!/usr/bin/perl #Example hashes, ideally I'd like to be able to store/recall hashes and be able to generate new #ones. my %BobSmith = ( name => "Bob Smith", phone =>"123-456-7890", street =>"13245 Main Drive", city =>"Salt Lake City", state =>"Utah", zip =>"98765", ); my @BobSmithk = keys(%BobSmith); my %JimJones = ( name => "Jim Jones", phone =>"098-765-4321", street =>"1000 J St", city =>"Jonestown", state =>"Utah", zip =>"12345", ); my @JimJonesk = sort(keys(%JimJones)); mainmenu(); sub mainmenu { print "Request: \n 1. Keys \n 2. Specific Records \n 3. Quit \n Selection: "; my $choice = <>; if ($choice == 1){ showkeys(); } elsif ($choice == 2){ records(); } elsif ($choice == 3){ exit; } else { print "Sorry, that selection isn't possible. Please pick again.\n"; mainmenu(); } } sub showkeys { print "Input user's first name: "; my $userfirstname = <>; $userfirstname = trim($userfirstname); print "\nInput user's last name: "; my $userlastname = <>; $userlastname = trim($userlastname); my $userfull = $userfirstname.$userlastname; print "$userfull\n"; #### print "The keys for $$userfull{name} are: @$userfullk\n"; mainmenu(); } #### sub records { print "Input user's first name: "; my $userfirst = <>; $userfirst = trim($userfirst); print "Input user's last name: "; my $userlast = <>; $userlast = trim($userlast); $userfullname = $userfirst.$userlast; $userfullname = trim($studentfullname); print "$userfullname\n"; #### print "\nInput record: "; my $record = <>; $record = trim($record); print "The $record of $$userfullname{name} is: $$userfullname{$record}\n"; mainmenu(); } sub trim($) { my $string = shift; $string =~ s/^\s+//; $string =~ s/\s+$//; return $string; }