*HASH(0x37fc4)$

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That is the unexpected result that I gaet from the following code. Why is it making a hash? What I really want is a big string that is formatted as a easy to read list. Thank you,

# Begin

%admin_expenses =    {
            'President' => 60000,
            'Vice President' => 50000,
            'Engineer' => 50000,
            'House Keeper' => 50000,
            '6 Part Time Attendants' => 120000,
            '12 Interns' => 12000,
            'Contractor' => 50000,
            'Hired Professionals' => 60000,
            'Lawyers' => 60000,
            'Law Student' => 40000,
            'Nurse' => 60000,
            'Facility + Utilities' => 40000,
            'Truck' => 40000,
            'Forklift' => 20000,
            'Driver / Contractor' => 70000,
            'Phone Attendant' => 30000,
            'pallets, packaging, and office supplies' => 60000
            };
while(($expense, $amount) = each %admin_expenses)
{
    $total_admin_expenses = $total_admin_expenses + $amount;
    $adminExpenses .= '*' . $expense . '$' . add_commas($amount) . "\n
+";
}
$
$adminExpenses = "###Admin Expenses = \n" . $adminExpenses;
print $adminExpenses;

sub add_commas {
    my $number = reverse $_[0];
    $number =~ s/(\d\d\d)(?=\d)(?!\d*\.)/$1,/g;
    return scalar reverse $number;
}

# End

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In reply to Please help me print this hash. by Je55eah

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