user@localhost:~/sandbox$ perl script.pl Enter a name to print it's family name : Alis Alis is already there, and its family name is Williams user@localhost:~/sandbox$ #### #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my %family_name = ( "Alis" => "Williams", "Sara" => "McAwesome", "Serena" => "Anderson", ); print "Enter a name to print it's family name : \n"; chomp(my $name= ); if (exists $family_name{$name}) { print "$name is already there, and its family name is $family_name{$name} "; } else { print "I don't know anyone by the name $name\n"; }