While it goes beyond the scope of the problem, a hash can be made to be ordered by using the CPAN module Tie::IxHash.

Link to Tie::IxHash documentation
Link to Tie::IxHash tarball

Usage: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use Tie::IxHash;

tie my %ordered_hash, Tie::IxHash;

%ordered_hash = (a => 1, b => 2, c => 3);

foreach my $key ( keys %ordered_hash ) {
    print "$key\t$ordered_hash{$key}\n";
}

# prints:
# a     1
# b     2
# c     3

exit 0;

Cheers,
Richard

In reply to Re: Re: Parsing a hash table for only variables that are uppercase. by Dice
in thread Parsing a hash table for only variables that are uppercase. by Rhodium

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