What you have tried so far? You should go through perldata. Here is a small example.

%hash =("name" =>"john", "age"=>"25", "job"=>"programer", "location"=>
+"US");
while (($key, $val) = each %hash)
{
    if ($matchkey =~ /^$key$/)   #if matches the particular key
    {
    $var = $hash{$key};
     }
        
}

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or even simply,

$matchkey eq $_ ? $var = $hash{$_} : $var='' for keys %hash;

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still simply as davorg suggested

$var = $hash{$matchkey}

updated

Prasad

In reply to Re: how to get a value corresponding to a key by prasadbabu
in thread how to get a value corresponding to a key by s_gaurav1091

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