I cannot help but feel that the following code ought to work.

my %messages = (
         'both' => 'Please enter both a Screen Name and a password',
         'badchars' => 'Your Screen Name and password must contain onl
+y letters, numbers, -, or _',
         'notfound' => 'The Screen Name or password is incorrect, plea
+se try again',
         'emailnf' => 'Sorry!  Our system doesn\'t recognize that emai
+l address.  Please enter the same email address you used to register 
+with the site',
         'emailf' => 'Your Screen Name and password are on their way t
+o you!',
         'noemail' => 'You forgot to enter your email address',
         'beenDel' => $beenDelErrMsg
         );
while (($k=$v) = each (%messages))
{
    print "$k=$v\n";
}
foreach $i (values (%messages))
{
    print $i,"\n";
}
[download]

But the output it produces is this:

C:\MYPERL>perl stoopid.pl
badchars=
emailnf=
noemail=
notfound=
both=
emailf=
beenDel=
Your Screen Name and password must contain only letters, numbers, -, o
+r _
Sorry!  Our system doesn't recognize that email address.  Please enter
+ the same email address you used to register
with the site
You forgot to enter your email address
The Screen Name or password is incorrect, please try again
Please enter both a Screen Name and a password
Your Screen Name and password are on their way to you!
[download]

It is as if the values are not being associated with the keys, but the syntax looks right on to me. Any thoughts?

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