Hello World:

I have the following code written to generate a hash:

my $count = 1;
my @array = ('A','B','C');
my %hash = ();

for my $i (@array) 
{
  # set key AND initialize by $count as value of key.

  $hash{$i} = $count;      
  $count++;
}

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Now, what I want to do is sort the hash by values and print it out, but my print loop isnt working right. I can get the values out okay, but the keys are not working to print.

Here's what I have. 

for my $key ( sort {$hash{$a} <=> $hash{$b} } keys %hash )
{
     print " MIRACLE_HAPPENS is equal to $hash{$key}.<br>\n";
}

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As you can see - it wont print the key name. It'll only print the sorted values. Where it says "MIRACLE HAPPENS" is where I need it to print the key name. Can anyone show me how to do that please?

Thanks!

BH

In reply to Simple Hash Question by BlenderHead

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