A better solution would be to use a hash-of-hashes, something like this:

my %users = (
    "Bob Smith" => {
        name => "Bob Smith",
        phone =>"123-456-7890",
        street =>"13245 Main Drive",
        city =>"Salt Lake City",
        state =>"Utah",
        zip =>"98765",
    },
    "Jim Jones" => {
        name => "Jim Jones",
        phone =>"098-765-4321",
        street =>"1000 J St",
        city =>"Jonestown",
        state =>"Utah",
        zip =>"12345",
    },
);

my $user = "Jim Jones";
print "The keys for $user are: ", join(", ",keys %{$users{$user}});

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In reply to Re: Using a variable in place of a hash name when calling the value of a specific key by bv
in thread Using a variable in place of a hash name when calling the value of a specific key by kelder

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