my %hash = ( foo => 1, bar => 2, baz => (), qux => 3); print keys %hash; #### my %data = ( 'email'=>scalar $cgi->param('user_email'), 'name'=>scalar $cgi->param('user_name'), 'cell_phone'=>scalar $cgi->param('user_cell_phone'), 'home_phone'=>scalar $cgi->param('user_home_phone'), 'work_phone'=>scalar $cgi->param('user_work_phone'), ); #### my %data = ('email' => 'user_email', 'name' => 'user_name', 'cell_phone' => 'user_cell_phone', 'home_phone' => 'user_home_phone', 'work_phone' => 'user_work_phone'); $_ = $cgi->param($_) for values %data;