Hi, I built a HoH as follows: 
# build hash
while() {
...
$hshFoo{$key1}{$key2} = $strFileName;
...
# key1 is a number
# key2 is a sequential number
}

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The entries are placed in seqential order such as: 
$hshFoo{2823}{0} = 2823_0.xml
$hshFoo{2823}{1} = 2823_1.xml
$hshFoo{2823}{2} = 2823_2.xml
$hshFoo{2823}{3} = 2823_3.xml

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When I dump the hash, the keys come out as follows: 
    foreach $key1 (keys %hshFoo) {
        foreach $key2 (keys %{$hshFoo{$key1}}) {
            print "$key1/$key2 => $hshFoo{$key1}{$key2}\n";
        }
    }

...
Output:
2823/1 => 2823_1.xml
2823/0 => 2823_0.xml
2823/3 => 2823_3.xml
2823/2 => 2823_2.xml
...
I expected:
2823/0 => 2823_0.xml
2823/1 => 2823_1.xml
2823/2 => 2823_2.xml
2823/3 => 2823_3.xml

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The files were originally placed in the hash from a sorted array. Are the keys not in order within the hash or does Perl just grab the keys in any order?
Just curious. :)

-P0w3rK!d

In reply to Hash key ordering question by P0w3rK!d

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