in reply to Beginner Trying to Learn Perl

It isn't exactly prominent on the roadmap, but i believe you want perlfaq4, in particular, Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays). I found this by searching perltoc for 'hash'. (heh heh)

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

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