Hi everyone,
I am trying to pull the value of a hash key that has spaces. First off, let me show you the code and then I will ask my question. 
my %hash = (
  "Common SW Component" => "4885",
  "Test MMA" => "5130",
  "Generic key" => "5033",
  "Another generic key" => "4575",
);
print "$hash{$variable}\n";

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Now, say  $variable contains a hash key. If the hash key contains a space I get this error, "Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string" However, if I were to type in  print "$hash{'key with space'}\n"; the value gets returned. Is it possible to have the value returned with the  $variable having spaces? I hope this makes sense. Thanks in advance.

In reply to Problems with Hash Keys and Spaces by Anonymous Monk

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