I can't get the $ans to return any value when used in
the $myhash{$ans,'price'}; statement.  
The first part print $ans . "-" works fine. 

Why wont the $ans variable work in the function?

I have tried a static variable and it works fine.

Thanks Mike

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#!/usr/bin/perl

use Finance::Quote;

open (SLIST,"</scripts/test.txt");
@stocks = <SLIST>;
close (SLIST);

$q = Finance::Quote->new;
$cc = 'usa';
$symb = 'WTVN.PK';

%myhash = $q->fetch($cc,@stocks);

foreach $ans (@stocks){

print $ans ."-". $myhash{$ans,'price'};

}

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