Definitely better. I have put the entire little script below. The user name is formatted and stored in a hash key with the password as the value. I want to then have the user put in a first or last name and have it searched against the hash and return the user name and pass word if it is found..problem I am having is case sensitivity. Please pardon my useless script, I am trying to learn Perl. 

while(1)
{
        print "Please enter your first name\n";
        chomp ($fname =<STDIN>);
           {
                last;
           }
        print "Please enter your last name\n";
        chomp ($lname =<STDIN>);
           {
                last;
           }
        print "Please enter a password\n";
        chomp ($password =<STDIN>);
           {
                last;
           }
        print "Please enter 'done' or hit your return key\n";
        chomp ($ending =<STDIN>);
        if ($ending eq '\n' or 'done')
           {
                last;
           }
}

my $username = "$lname, $fname";
%new_hash;
$new_hash{$username} = $password;

print "To search for a user please type in the last name, firstname an
+d hit enter.\n";

while(<STDIN>) {
    chomp;
    if (exists $new_hash{$_}){
        print "The username is $username and the password is $password
+, please enter another name to search for.\n";
    } else {
        print "I'm sorry, there is no one here by that name please try
+ again.\n";
        }
}

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Thank you! TW

In reply to Re^2: Search a hash for STDIN and report findings by trenchwar
in thread Search a hash for STDIN and report findings by trenchwar

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