$ perl -E'%h=(a=>1,b=>1,c=>1); while (my ($k) = each(%h)) { say $k; }' c a b $ perl -E'%h=(a=>1,b=>1,c=>1); while (my ($k) = each(%h)) { say $k; delete $h{d}; }' c a b #### $ perl -E'my @a = (4,5); say 0+@a; delete $a[10]; say 0+@a;' 2 2 #### $ perl -E'my %h; delete $h{x}; say "ok";' ok #### $ perl -E'my %h = (x=>1); delete $h{x}; delete $h{x}; say "ok";' ok