in reply to hashes with multiple values per key

my %hash; for my $i ( 0 .. $#keys ) { $hash{ $keys[$i] } = [ $values1[$i], $values2[$i] ]; } for my $value ( @values3 ) { if ( exists $hash{ $value } ) { print @{ $hash{ $value } }; } }

disclaimer: UNTESTED

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edan