use strict; use warnings; my @array = qw(a Grant b Yoda c Liberace d None); my %hash= @array; CHECK: print "Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb\n"; print <)){ if(defined $hash{$answer}){ print "your Answer is \"$hash{$answer}\".\n"; print "Thank You.\n"; #do anything with the Answer.... exit; }else{ print "Please Pick a letter between A - D\n"; goto CHECK; } }