TMTOWTDI (but also just for a bit of fun and to give Perl v5.36 an outing).

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use v5.36;

use List::Util 'max';

my %price = (
    'Coca Cola'   =>  1.25,
    coke          =>  1.25,
    cola          =>  1.25,
    'Pepsi Cola'  =>  1.25,
    pizza         => 12.00,
    sandwich      =>  3.00,
    'Undead Cola' => undef,
);

say 'Enter whole or partial name for key (Enter to exit)';

while (1) {
    print "\nName: ";
    my $name = <STDIN>;
    chomp $name;

    unless (length $name) {
        say 'Exiting ...';
        last;
    }

    unless ($name =~ /^[A-Za-z0-9 ]+$/) {
        say 'Only alphanumeric+space name searches allowed.';
        next;
    }

    check_keys(\%price, $name);
}

sub check_keys ($hash, $name) {
    my $fmt = "%-7s %-@{[max map length, keys %$hash]}s %s\n";
    my @matches = grep /$name/i, keys %$hash;

    if (@matches) {
        printf $fmt, qw{Match Key Value};
        printf $fmt, qw{----- --- -----};

        if (exists $hash->{$name}) {
            @matches = grep !/^$name$/, @matches;
            printf $fmt, 'EXACT', $name, $hash->{$name} // '<undefined
+>';
        }

        if (@matches) {
            for my $match (sort @matches) {
                printf $fmt, 'PARTIAL', $match, $hash->{$match} // '<u
+ndefined>';
            }
        }
    }
    else {
        say "No keys match '$name'.";
    }

    return;
}
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Sample run:

Enter whole or partial name for key (Enter to exit)

Name: cok
Match   Key         Value
-----   ---         -----
PARTIAL coke        1.25

Name: col
Match   Key         Value
-----   ---         -----
PARTIAL Coca Cola   1.25
PARTIAL Pepsi Cola  1.25
PARTIAL Undead Cola <undefined>
PARTIAL cola        1.25

Name: Coca Cola
Match   Key         Value
-----   ---         -----
EXACT   Coca Cola   1.25

Name: Undead Cola
Match   Key         Value
-----   ---         -----
EXACT   Undead Cola <undefined>

Name: Cola
Match   Key         Value
-----   ---         -----
PARTIAL Coca Cola   1.25
PARTIAL Pepsi Cola  1.25
PARTIAL Undead Cola <undefined>
PARTIAL cola        1.25

Name: cola
Match   Key         Value
-----   ---         -----
EXACT   cola        1.25
PARTIAL Coca Cola   1.25
PARTIAL Pepsi Cola  1.25
PARTIAL Undead Cola <undefined>

Name: ^cola$
Only alphanumeric+space name searches allowed.

Name: (?{/path/to/evil_code})
Only alphanumeric+space name searches allowed.

Name: Nightingale Tongues in Aspic
No keys match 'Nightingale Tongues in Aspic'.

Name:
Exiting ...
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Note: Code injection (e.g. via '(?{ code })') is avoided by only allowing the search criterion to contain alphanumeric characters and spaces. Depending on the actual keys in the production code, a different mechanism to achieve this may be required.

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