in reply to printing hash values and keys from user

Hi pinnacle,

Yes, it's because you are using a key that has a newline on it.

Try doing: 

my  $type = <stdin>;
chomp $type;

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before using the key.

s''(q.S:$/9=(T1';s;(..)(..);$..=substr+crypt($1,$2),2,3;eg;print$..$/

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