Perl monks...I have been working on this for awhile now on my own... I am totally new to Perl and programming so I really appreciate your time

I put some print tags in the code to see if I was adding to each hash correctly, however, it seems to only hold the current key-value pair. I realize this code is not streamlined or as efficient as the monks would code it - but I am just learning - once again thanks for your advice

So two questions: why are my keys not assigning the actual value of $itemname?

why isnt the hash(es) keeping all the key-value pairs? I have to have a separate hash for quantity and price (that is part of the assignment)

of course I will continue to seek answers on my own

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#cash register program

#retreive date and time

########set up hashes##########


##############User input here#######

 print "Please enter your first and last name\n";
  chomp (my $name = <STDIN>);
 print "Please enter your state sales tax in percentage\n";
  chomp (my $tax = <STDIN>);

####enter loop here#######

$continue='Y';
  while ($continue eq 'Y'){
      print "Please enter an item or product name\n";
        chomp ($itemname = <STDIN>);
        push @item, $itemname;
        print "@item\n";
      print "Please enter the quantity of the item\n";
        chomp ($itemquantity  = <STDIN>);
      my %qty = ("$itemname" => $itemquantity);
      @qty=keys(%qty);
      print "@qty\n";
      print "Please enter the price of the item\n";
        chomp ($itemprice = <STDIN>);
      my %price = ("$itemname" => $itemprice);
      @price=keys(%price);
      print "@price\n";
      print "Would you like to add more item(s)? - Y or N\n";
      chomp ($continue = <STDIN>);
 }

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thanks - sierra

In reply to Re^2: seeking advice on loops by sierrastar
in thread seeking advice on loops by sierrastar

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