All:
I am currently working on my first OO project and would like to be able to do something like $record->Print; and have it correctly output the record in the proper format. Unfortunately, the object is stored in a hash - and we know that the hash typically comes out differently than the order it went in.

For complete details on the OO project, you can take a look at this link or you can just readmore for the output format I am looking for: 

key             : /C=US/A=BOGUS/P=ABC+DEF/O=CONN/OU=VALUE1/S=Region/G=
+Limbi
       c/I=_/
type            : UR
flags           : DIRM ADMINM ADIC ADIM 
Alias-2         : wL_Region
Alias-3         : Limbic Region
Alias-4         : Limbic._.Region@nowhere.com
Alias-5         : Limbic._.Region
Alias-6         : Limbic.Region@nowhere.com
Alias-7         : ORG
Alias-8         : CMP
Alias-10        : O=ORG/OU=Some Big Division/CN=Limbic _. Region
Alias-11        : Region
Alias-12        : Region, Limbic _
Alias-14        : Limbic _. Region at WT-CONN
Alias-15        : ex:/o=BLANK/ou=ORG/cn=Recipients/cn=Mailboxes/cn=LRe
+gion
Alias-16        : WT:Limbic_Region
Alias-17        : SMTP:Limbic._.Region@nowhere.com
Alias-18        : /o=A.B.C.D./ou=Vermont Ave/cn=Recipients/cn=wt/cn=Li
+mbic_Regi
       on
Full Name       : Region, Limbic _.
Post Office     : WT-CONN
Description     : 999-555-1212 Some Big Company
Tel             : 999-555-1212
Dept            : Some Big Division
Location        : EMWS
Address         : 123 nowhere street
City            : everywhere
State           : MD
Zip Code        : 20874
Building        : BLAH
Building-Code   : MD-ABC
owner           : CONN

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What I have currently looks something like this: 

sub Print {
    my $hashref = shift;
    my ($key) = keys %{$hashref};
    # @Parameters truncated for posting purposes only
    my @parameters = ('key','type','flags','Alias-2','Zip Code','Build
+ing','Owner')
    foreach my $parm (@parameters) {    
        next unless ($hashref->{$key}->{$parm});
        my $value;
        if ($parm eq 'key') {
            $value = $key;
        }
        else {
            $value = $hashref->{$key}->{$parm};
        } 
        if (length($value) >= 62) {
            printf("%-16s: %s\n\t%s\n",$parm,substr($value,0,62),subst
+r($value,62));
        }
        else {
            printf("%-16s: %s\n",$parm,$value);
        }
    }
}

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My question - is there a better/smarter way to do this? I guess what I am asking is there a generic way to template hash output that I am unaware of? Since this is my first OO project, I really didn't know what I was getting into. I think if I were to start over, I would make my object a complex array instead of hash. Is that also the wrong approach?

Thanks in advance - L~R

In reply to Printing a hash in a specific order? by Limbic~Region

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