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The OP already pointed out that iterating over the hash was a solution, but also dismissed it for efficiency reasons. And rightly so.

Abigail

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by Ovid (Cardinal) on May 22, 2003 at 23:00 UTC

    Thanks. I missed that. I idly wonder if a tied hash would be a wee bit faster, but it would still be an awful solution.

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