if you just wanna dump the content of a hash, just use Data::Dumper ( or even better Data::Dump)

  DB<110> %hash = ("fred" => "flintstone", "dino" => undef, "barney" =
+> "rubble", "betty" => "rubble");

  DB<111> use Data::Dumper

  DB<112> print Dumper \%hash
$VAR1 = {
          'barney' => 'rubble',
          'betty' => 'rubble',
          'dino' => undef,
          'fred' => 'flintstone'
        };

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and if you really need to avoid an explicit loop, then %hash in list context will give you keys and values correctly paired.

  DB<115> $length = 0 + keys %hash
 => 4

  DB<116> printf "%10s\t=>%10s\n" x $length, %hash;
    barney    =>    rubble
     betty    =>    rubble
      dino    =>          
      fred    =>flintstone

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though for readability I'd rather prefer

  DB<123> $template = "%10s\t=>%10s\n" x (0 + keys %hash)
%10s    =>%10s
%10s    =>%10s
%10s    =>%10s
%10s    =>%10s

  DB<124> printf $template, %hash;
    barney    =>    rubble
     betty    =>    rubble
      dino    =>          
      fred    =>flintstone

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Cheers Rolf

(addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

In reply to Re: Need some help with Hashes and formatting by LanX
in thread Need some help with Hashes and formatting by GreenLantern

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