in reply to Using substr on Hash Keys

See Hash::Rename
Renaming hash's keys in place

#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Hash::Rename; my %h = ( '.111' => 'Aaaa', '.222' => 'Bbbb', '.333' => 'Cccc' ); hash_rename %h, code => sub { s/.{2}// }; __END__ Output: $VAR1 = { '22' => 'Bbbb', '11' => 'Aaaa', '33' => 'Cccc' };

hth,
PooLpi

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