use strict; use warnings; my %family_name = ( "Alis" => "Williams", "Sara" => "McAwesome", "Serena" => "Anderson", ); print "Enter a name to print it's family name : \n"; chomp(my $name = ); if ($family_name{$name}) { print "$name is already there, and its family name is $family_name{$name} "; }